27. Prepare your work outside And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house.
28. Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.
29. Do not say, "Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."
30. I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,
31. And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.
32. When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction.
33. "A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"
34. Then your poverty will come as a robber And your want like an armed man.