24. He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;
25. but to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing cometh upon them.
26. He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.
27. Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
28. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
29. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
30. I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
31. and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
32. Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
33. --A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
34. So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.