26Men will kiss the lips of him that giveth a proper answer.
27Prepare without thy work, and make it fit in the field for thyself: and afterward build thy house.
28Be not without cause a witness against thy neighbor; for wouldst thou beguile with thy lips?
29Say not, As he hath done to me so will I do to him: I will recompense every man according to his doing.
30By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense:
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone-wall was broken down.
32And when I had indeed beheld this I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning.