Proverbs 24:23-29

English Standard Version

^(B)Partiality in judging is not good.
²⁴ Whoever ^(C)says to the wicked, “You are in the right,”
    ^(D)will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
²⁵ but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
    and a good blessing will come upon them.
²⁶ Whoever gives an honest answer
    kisses the lips.

^27 (E)Prepare your work outside;
    get everything ready for yourself in the field,
    and after that build your house.

^28 (F)Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
    and do not deceive with your lips.
²⁹ Do not say, ^(G)“I will do to him as he has done to me;
    I will pay the man back for what he has done.”