Proverbs 24:23-34 Parallel Bible Translations

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23 These things I say to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment, 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 Nor to say to a wicked man, You are righteous; him shall the people curse, and nations shall abhor 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 But to those who rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 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 people shall kiss the lips of those who give admonition. Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips. An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Prepare your work out of doors, and make it ready in the field; and afterwards 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 Be not a false witness against your neighbor; and do not deceive him 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 Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to him according to his works. 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 I passed by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, 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, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken 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 Then I looked upon it, and considered it well, and I 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 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands upon your chest; 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 So shall poverty come upon you, and want shall overtake you suddenly like a runner. 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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