Proverbs 24:28-34

28If you do not know what is true, do not speak against your neighbour in court. Do not deceive people with what you say.

29Do not say, ‘I will do to him the same thing that he did to me. I will punish him because of what he did.’

30I walked past the field of a lazy person. And I walked past the vineyard of a stupid person.

31There were weeds and thorn bushes over all the ground. The wall of stones round the field had fallen down.

32I looked at this and I thought about it carefully. I learned a lesson from the things that I had seen:

33You may say, ‘I will have a short sleep. I will rest quietly for a while.’

34But while you sleep you will suddenly become poor. You will have nothing, as if someone has robbed you.