Proverbs 24:23-34
1599 Geneva Bible
23 Also these things pertain to the wise, It is not good [a]to have respect of any person in judgment.
24 He that saith to the wicked, (A)Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhor him.
25 But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and upon them shall come the blessing of goodness.
26 They shall kiss the lips of him that answereth upright words.
27 Prepare thy work without, and make ready thy things in the field, [b]and after, build thine house.
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause: for wilt thou deceive with thy lips?
29 (B)Say not, I will do to him as he hath done to me, I [c]will recompense every man according to his work.
30 I passed by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man destitute of understanding.
31 And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I beheld, and I considered it well: I looked upon it, and received [d]instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, [e]a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.
34 So thy poverty cometh as one that traveleth by the way, and thy necessity like an armed man.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Proverbs 24:23 Hebrew, to know the face.
- Proverbs 24:27 Be sure of the means how to compass it, before thou take any enterprise in hand.
- Proverbs 24:29 He showeth what is the nature of the wicked, to revenge wrong for wrong.
- Proverbs 24:32 That I might learn by another man’s fault.
- Proverbs 24:33 Read Prov. 6:10.
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