23These also are sayings of the wise.

To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous,

Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;

25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,

And a good blessing shall come upon them.

26He kisseth the lips

Who giveth a right answer.

27Prepare thy work without,

And make it ready for thee in the field;

And afterwards build thy house.

28Be not a witness against thy neighbor 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 sluggard,

And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,

The face thereof was covered with nettles,

And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

32Then I beheld, and considered well;

I saw, and received instruction:

33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to sleep;

34So shall thy poverty come as a robber,

And thy want as an armed man.