Proverbs 24:25-31

²⁵And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

²⁶Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.

²⁷Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field — go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

²⁸Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

²⁹Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

³⁰Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

³¹And lo, it hath gone up — all of it — thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.