Proverbs 24:28-34 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

28. Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor. And do not mislead anyone with your lips.

29. Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me." I will repay each one according to his work.

30. I passed by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a foolish man,

31. and behold, it was entirely filled with nettles, and thorns had covered its surface, and the stonewall was destroyed.

32. When I had seen this, I laid it up in my heart, and by this example, I received discipline.

33. You will sleep a little," I said. "You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest.

34. And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man."

Proverbs 24