Thematic Bible
Proverbs 23:1 (show verse)
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,
Proverbs 23:2 (show verse)
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
Proverbs 23:3 (show verse)
Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Proverbs 23:4 (show verse)
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Proverbs 23:5 (show verse)
When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
Proverbs 23:6 (show verse)
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
Proverbs 23:7 (show verse)
for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
Proverbs 23:8 (show verse)
you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
Proverbs 23:9 (show verse)
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 23:10 (show verse)
Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 23:11 (show verse)
for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.
Proverbs 23:12 (show verse)
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13 (show verse)
Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 23:14 (show verse)
If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.
Proverbs 23:15 (show verse)
My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;
Proverbs 23:16 (show verse)
my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 23:17 (show verse)
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.
Proverbs 23:18 (show verse)
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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Proverbs 23:19 (show verse)
Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.
Proverbs 23:20 (show verse)
Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
Proverbs 23:21 (show verse)
because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
Proverbs 23:22 (show verse)
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:23 (show verse)
Acquire truth and do not sell it -- wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
Proverbs 23:24 (show verse)
The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.
Proverbs 23:25 (show verse)
May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 23:26 (show verse)
Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;
Proverbs 23:27 (show verse)
for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
Proverbs 23:28 (show verse)
Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
Proverbs 23:29 (show verse)
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?
Proverbs 23:30 (show verse)
Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:31 (show verse)
Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 23:32 (show verse)
Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
Proverbs 23:33 (show verse)
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
Proverbs 23:34 (show verse)
And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.
Proverbs 23:35 (show verse)
You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink."