23. These also are sayings of the wise.To show partiality in judgement is not good.
24. He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous;”peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
25. but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,and a rich blessing will come on them.
26. An honest answeris like a kiss on the lips.
27. Prepare your work outside,and get your fields ready.Afterwards, build your house.
28. Don’t be a witness against your neighbour without cause.Don’t deceive with your lips.
29. Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;I will render to the man according to his work.”
30. I went by the field of the sluggard,by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31. Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.Its surface was covered with nettles,and its stone wall was broken down.
32. Then I saw, and considered well.I saw, and received instruction:
33. a little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the hands to sleep;
34. so your poverty will come as a robber,and your want as an armed man.