Proverbs:24:23-34

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* These also [are ] for the wise : To have respect of persons in judgment [is ] not good . * He who says to the wicked , You [are ] righteous ; the people shall curse him [and ] nations shall abhor him . * But to those who rebuke [him ], it shall be a delight , and a good blessing shall come upon them . * He shall kiss the lips that return right words . * Prepare your work outside , and make it fit for yourself in the field ; and afterwards build your house . * Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause , nor deceive with your lips . * Do not `say , I will do so to him as he has done to me ; I will give to the man according to his work . * I went by the field of the lazy man , and by the vineyard of the man without understanding ; * and , lo , it was all grown over with thorns , [and ] nettles had covered the face of it , and its stone wall was broken down . * Then I saw ; I set my heart on it ; I looked and I received instruction . * A little sleep , a little slumber , a little folding of the hands to lie down ; * then your poverty comes stalking , and your want like a man [armed with ] a shield .

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