Proverbs 24:29

An honest answer

is like a kiss on the lips.

Prepare your work outside,

and get your fields ready.

Afterwards, build your house.

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause.

Don’t deceive with your lips.

I went by the field of the sluggard,

by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.

Its surface was covered with nettles,

and its stone wall was broken down.

Then I saw, and considered well.

I saw, and received instruction: