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.
29Say thou not, As he did to me, so I shall do to him, and I shall yield to each man after his work.
30I passed by the field of a slow man, and by the vinery or the vineyard of a fond or foolish man;
31and lo! nettles had filled all, thorns had covered the higher part thereof, and the wall of stones without mortar was destroyed.