Proverbs 24:23-33

²³These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgement is not good.

²⁴He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—

²⁵but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

²⁶An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

²⁷Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

²⁸Don’t be a witness against your neighbour without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

²⁹Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

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

³¹Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³²Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,