22. for those two will send sudden destruction on them,and who knows what calamities they can bring?
23. These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:
24. whoever says to the guilty, ‘You are innocent,’will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25. But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,and rich blessing will come on them.
26. An honest answeris like a kiss on the lips.
27. Put your outdoor work in orderand get your fields ready;after that, build your house.
28. Do not testify against your neighbour without cause –would you use your lips to mislead?
29. Do not say, ‘I’ll do to them as they have done to me;I’ll pay them back for what they did.’
30. I went past the field of a sluggard,past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31. thorns had come up everywhere,the ground was covered with weeds,and the stone wall was in ruins.
32. I applied my heart to what I observedand learned a lesson from what I saw: