24 Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou [art] righteous,`  Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.
         
                                
                        25 And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh  a good blessing.
         
                                
                        26 Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
         
                                
                        27 Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the  field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
         
                                
                        28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou  hast enticed with thy lips.
         
                                
                        29 Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to  each according to his work.`
         
                                
                        30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the  vineyard of a man lacking heart.