New American Standard Bible 1995

Proverbs 24:23-34

23These also are 1sayings of the wise. To 2 3show partiality in judgment is not good.24He 4who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” 5Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;25But 6to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight, And a good blessing will come upon them.26He kisses the lips Who gives 7a right answer.

27Prepare your work outside And 8make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house.

28Do not be a 9witness against your neighbor without cause, And 10do not deceive with your lips.29 11Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will 12render to the man according to his work.”

30I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man 13lacking 14sense,31And behold, it was completely 15overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with 16 17nettles, And its stone 18wall was broken down.32When I saw, I 19reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction.33“20A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,”34Then your poverty will come as 21a robber And your want like 22an armed man.

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Notes

1. Proverbs 24:23 Prov 1:6; 22:17 ↩
2. Proverbs 24:23 Lit regard the face ↩
3. Proverbs 24:23 Prov 18:5; 28:21 ↩
4. Proverbs 24:24 Prov 17:15; Is 5:23 ↩
5. Proverbs 24:24 Prov 11:26 ↩
6. Proverbs 24:25 Prov 28:23 ↩
7. Proverbs 24:26 Or an honest ↩
8. Proverbs 24:27 Prov 27:23-27 ↩
9. Proverbs 24:28 Prov 25:18 ↩
10. Proverbs 24:28 Lev 6:2, 3; 19:11; Eph 4:25 ↩
11. Proverbs 24:29 Prov 20:22; Matt 5:39; Rom 12:17 ↩
12. Proverbs 24:29 Lit bring back ↩
13. Proverbs 24:30 Prov 6:32 ↩
14. Proverbs 24:30 Lit heart ↩
15. Proverbs 24:31 Gen 3:18 ↩
16. Proverbs 24:31 I.e. a kind of weed ↩
17. Proverbs 24:31 Job 30:7 ↩
18. Proverbs 24:31 Is 5:5 ↩
19. Proverbs 24:32 Lit set my heart ↩
20. Proverbs 24:33 Prov 6:10 ↩
21. Proverbs 24:34 Or a vagabond; lit one who walks ↩
22. Proverbs 24:34 Lit a man with a shield ↩

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