Proverbs 24:23-28

²³Also these things that pursue be to wise men. It is not good to know a person in doom.

²⁴Peoples shall curse them that say to a wicked man, Thou art just or rightwise; and lineages shall hold them abominable.

²⁵They that reprove justly sinners, shall be praised; and blessing shall come up on them.

²⁶He that answereth with rightful or right words, shall kiss lips.

²⁷Make ready thy work withoutforth, and work thy field diligently, that thou build thine house afterward.

²⁸Be thou not a witness without reasonable cause against thy neighbour; neither flatter thou any man with thy lips.