25. but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,and a good blessing will come upon them.
26. Whoever gives an honest answerkisses the lips.
27. Prepare your work outside;get everything ready for yourself in the field,and after that build your house.
28. Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,and do not deceive with your lips.
29. Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
30. I passed by the field of a sluggard,by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
31. and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;the ground was covered with nettles,and its stone wall was broken down.
32. Then I saw and considered it;I looked and received instruction.
33. 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.