Proverbs 24:19-32

¹⁹Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

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

²¹My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

²²For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

²³These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

²⁴He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;

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

²⁶He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer.

²⁷Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

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

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

³⁰I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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

³²Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: