Proverbs 23:1 Themes and Topics

Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat: Verse Concepts

But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval. Verse Concepts

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed. Verse Concepts

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net: Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down. Verse Concepts

But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out. Verse Concepts

He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; Verse Concepts

A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction. Verse Concepts

The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame. Verse Concepts

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend. Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise. For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess. If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another. read more.
But if any other business is in question, let it be taken up in the regular meeting.

And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged? And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman. And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes. read more.
And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth. Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia, And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.

So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him. Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit. read more.
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven. Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you. The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them: For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit. read more.
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven. Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you. The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another. Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust. Verse Concepts

Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house; Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed. Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Verse Concepts

Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong; Verse Concepts

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It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured. Verse Concepts

And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you: Verse Concepts

Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise: Verse Concepts

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed. Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Verse Concepts

Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong; Verse Concepts

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It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured. Verse Concepts

And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you: Verse Concepts

Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise: Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great: For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong. Verse Concepts

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you. The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate. Verse Concepts

And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house. And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again. And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them, When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming, And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat. read more.
But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there. For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong. Verse Concepts

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth. Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down. Verse Concepts

And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you. Verse Concepts

And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown. Verse Concepts

And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, Verse Concepts

That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind. Verse Concepts

Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law. Verse Concepts