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## Proverbs 24:23-34 in Context (Verses 20–34 KJV)
 
 [20 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/20) For there shall be no reward to the evil *man;* the candle of the wicked shall be put out.*
 
 [21 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/21) My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: *and* meddle not with them that are given to change:*
 
 [22 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/22) For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
 
 [23 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/23) These *things* also *belong* to the wise. *It is* not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/24) He that saith unto the wicked, Thou *art* righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
 
 [25 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/25) But to them that rebuke *him* shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.*
 
 [26 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/26) *Every man* shall kiss *his* lips that giveth a right answer.*
 
 [27 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/27) Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
 
 [28 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/28) Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive *not* with thy lips.
 
 [29 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/29) Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
 
 [30 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/30) I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
 
 [31 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/31) And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, *and* nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
 
 [32 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/32) Then I saw, *and* considered *it* well: I looked upon *it, and* received instruction.*
 
 [33 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/33) *Yet* a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
 
 [34 ](/kjv/proverbs/24/34) So shall thy poverty come *as* one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.*
 
[Proverbs 23](/kjv/proverbs/23) [Proverbs 25](/kjv/proverbs/25)

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