After the main batch of thirty sayings of the wise we get a brief encore.
We should not show partiality. The Law actually has warnings against favouring either the rich or the poor.
We see the truth of verse 24 in the news every so often when our wonderful judges, often misguided by the human rights agenda, set the guilty free. We need to convict the guilty, and this brings blessing. Now sometimes this is portrayed as revenge. It is not revenge but justice. When a society fails to deliver justice it is heading for a breakdown.
Honest answers can be rare, but are most welcome when someone simply speaks the truth.
Verse 27 is a plea to be organised and to plan properly. In the context of the time it the outdoor work would be essential to ensure that food was available.
Verses 28 and 29 again speak of the importance of speaking the truth. An accusation is not something to be used to make political gain of some sort, but only if there is just cause. Neither are we to seek to get our own back. Jesus' words in the sermon on the mount about loving our enemies and the like actually do have a foundation in the Old Testament.
Finally we are warned against laziness and the serious effects that it can have.
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