Proverbs 24:23-34
On: partiality in judging-guilty versus innocent; honest answer; testify against neighbor without cause; sluggard.
Proverbs 24:23-34
[23]The wise have also said these things:It is wrong for judges to be prejudiced.
[24]If they pronounce a guilty person innocent, they will be cursed and hated by everyone.
[25]Judges who punish the guilty, however, will be prosperous and enjoy a good reputation.
[26]An honest answer is a sign of true friendship.
[27]Don’t build your house and establish a home until your fields are ready, and you are sure that you can earn a living.
[28]Don’t give evidence against someone else without good reason, or say misleading things about him.
[29]Don’t say, “I’ll do to him just what he did to me! I’ll get even with him!”
[30]I walked through the fields and vineyards of a lazy, stupid person.
[31]They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall round them had fallen down.
[32]I looked at this, thought about it, and learned a lesson from it:
[33]have a nap and sleep if you want to. Fold your hands and rest awhile,
[34]but while you are asleep, poverty will attack you like an armed robber.