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23 These also are of the wise ones: The recognizing of faces in giving judgment is not good. These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good. These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:
24 One saying to a wicked one, “You are righteous”—peoples will curse him; nations will denounce him; Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 and to those reproving it will be pleasant, and upon them will come a blessing of goodness. but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them. But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.
26 The lips he kisses—the one returning straightforward words. Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips. An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Prepare your work in the outdoors, and make it ready in the field for yourself; and afterward you may build your house. Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house. Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
28 You must not be a witness without cause against your neighbor or deceive with your lips. Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?
29 Do not say, “According to what he has done to me, so I will do to him; I will return to the man according to his deed.” Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.” Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
30 Near the field of a lazy man I passed by, and near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 And behold, thorns had come up all over it; its face was covered with nettles, and the wall of its stones was torn down. and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 And I saw—I—I set my heart; I have seen, I have received instruction. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little a folding of the hands to rest, A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 and your poverty has come as one traveling, and your needs like a man of shield. and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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