Proverbs 24:18-30

¹⁸Lest the LORD see, and it displease him, And he turn away his anger from him.

¹⁹Fret not thyself on account of evil men, Neither be thou envious of the wicked;

²⁰For there shall be no posterity to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

²¹My son, fear thou the LORD and the king; And mingle not with them that are given to change!

²²For their calamity shall rise up suddenly, And their ruin, coming from them both, in a moment.

²³These also are words of the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

²⁴He that saith to the wicked, “Thou art righteous,” Him shall the people curse; Nations shall abhor him.

²⁵But it shall be well with them that punish him, And the blessing of prosperity shall come upon them.

²⁶He that giveth a right answer Kisseth the lips.

²⁷Arrange thy work without, And prepare it in thy field: Afterwards thou mayst build thy house.

²⁸Be not a witness without cause against thy neighbor, And deceive not with thy lips.

²⁹Say not, “As he hath done to me, So will I do to him; I will render to the man according to his doings.”

³⁰I passed by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,