Proverbs 24:23-32

²³These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging a case at law is not good.

²⁴Whoever says to the wicked person, “You are a righteous person,” will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

²⁵But those who discipline the wicked will have delight and gifts of goodness will come to them.

²⁶The one who gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the lips.

²⁷Prepare your outdoor work, and make everything ready for yourself in the field; after that, build your house.

²⁸Do not bear witness against your neighbor without cause and do not deceive with your lips.

²⁹Do not say, “I will do to him what he has done to me; I will pay him back for what he has done.”

³⁰I went by the field of a lazy man, past the vineyard of the man having no sense.

³¹Thorns had grown up everywhere, the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³²Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.