Proverbs 24:23-34
Further Sayings of the Wise

23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

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24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

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25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

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26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.

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27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

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28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.

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29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

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30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.

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33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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