Proverbs 24:23–34 · BSB
24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24:24
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
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24:25
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
24:26
An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
24:27
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
24:28
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
24:29
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
24:30
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
24:31
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
24:32
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
24:34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
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