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Proverbs 24:24-34

24 A curse will fall on those who say the guilty are not guilty. Nations will call down curses on them. People will speak against them.

24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.

25 But it will go well with those who sentence guilty people. Rich blessings will come to them.

25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.

26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Finish your outdoor work. Get your fields ready. After that, build your house.

27 Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

28 Don't give witness against your neighbor without any reason. Don't use your lips to tell lies.

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?

29 Don't say, "I'll do to him what he did to me. I'll get even with that man for what he did."

29 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 went past the field of someone who didn't want to work. I went past the vineyard of a man who didn't have any sense.

30 I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;

31 Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds. The stone wall had fallen down.

31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

32 I applied my heart to what I observed. I learned a lesson from what I saw.

32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

33 You might sleep a little or take a little nap. You might even fold your hands and rest.

33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

34 Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you. You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.

34 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.