27. Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.
28. Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.
29. Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.
30. I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:
31. And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.
32. Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.
33. Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest: