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Themes in Proverbs 23
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Themes in Proverbs 23

Proverbs 23:1

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what is before you,

Proverbs 23:2

and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big appetite;

Proverbs 23:3

don’t desire his choice food,
for that food is deceptive.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;
stop giving your attention to it.

Proverbs 23:5

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Proverbs 23:6

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,
and don’t desire his choice food,

Proverbs 23:7

for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:8

You will vomit the little you’ve eaten
and waste your pleasant words.

Proverbs 23:9

Don’t speak to a fool,
for he will despise the insight of your words.

Proverbs 23:10

Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Proverbs 23:11

for their Redeemer is strong,
and He will take up their case against you.

Proverbs 23:12

Apply yourself to discipline
and listen to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:13

Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

Proverbs 23:14

Strike him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

Proverbs 23:15

My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will indeed rejoice.

Proverbs 23:16

My innermost being will cheer
when your lips say what is right.

Proverbs 23:17

Don’t let your heart envy sinners;
instead, always fear the Lord.

Proverbs 23:18

For then you will have a future,
and your hope will never fade.
No Themes for this verse.

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise;
keep your mind on the right course.

Proverbs 23:20

Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,
and grogginess will clothe them in rags.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy—and do not sell—truth,
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Proverbs 23:25

Let your father and mother have joy,
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.

Proverbs 23:27

For a prostitute is a deep pit,
and a stranger is a narrow well;

Proverbs 23:28

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

Proverbs 23:29

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds for no reason?
Who has red eyes?

Proverbs 23:30

Those who linger over wine,
those who go looking for mixed wine.

Proverbs 23:31

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,
when it gleams in the cup
and goes down smoothly.

Proverbs 23:32

In the end it bites like a snake
and stings like a viper.

Proverbs 23:33

Your eyes will see strange things,
and you will say absurd things.

Proverbs 23:34

You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea
or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.

Proverbs 23:35

“They struck me, but I feel no pain!
They beat me, but I didn’t know it!
When will I wake up?
I’ll look for another drink.”

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