New American Standard Bible 2020

Proverbs 24:23-34

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

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

28Do not be a 9witness against your neighbor for no reason, And 10do not deceive with your lips.29 11Do not say, “I shall do the same to him as he has done to me; I will 12repay the person according to his work.”

30I passed by the field of 13a lazy one, And by the vineyard of a person 14lacking 15sense,31And behold, it was completely 16overgrown with weeds; Its surface was covered with 17weeds, 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 like 21a drifter, And your need 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 Lit an idle ↩
14. Proverbs 24:30 Prov 6:32 ↩
15. Proverbs 24:30 Lit heart ↩
16. Proverbs 24:31 Gen 3:18 ↩
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 Lit one who moves about ↩
22. Proverbs 24:34 Lit a man with a shield ↩

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