Proverbs 24:23-34

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.”

^30 (H)I passed by the field of a sluggard,
    by the vineyard of a man ^(I)lacking sense,
³¹ and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
    the ground was covered with nettles,
    and its stone ^(J)wall was broken down.
³² Then I saw and ^(K)considered it;
    I looked and received instruction.
^33 (L)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
³⁴ and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.