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²³These also are sayings of the wise:

Partiality in judging is not good. ²⁴Whoever says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations;
²⁵but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
and a good blessing will come upon them.
²⁶One who gives an honest answer
gives a kiss on the lips. ²⁷Prepare your work outside,
get everything ready for you in the field;
and after that build your house. ²⁸Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
²⁹Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me;
I will pay them back for what they have done.” ³⁰I passed by the field of one who was lazy,
by the vineyard of a stupid person;
³¹and see, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
³²Then I saw and considered it;
I looked and received instruction.
³³A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
³⁴and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.