Proverbs 24:25-34

²⁵But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.

²⁶Every man shall kiss his lips That giveth a right answer.

²⁷Prepare thy work without, And make it fit for thyself in the field; And afterwards build thine house.

²⁸Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

²⁹Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰I went by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, And nettles had covered the face thereof, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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

³³Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

³⁴So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; And thy want as an armed man.