Thematic Bible
Proverbs 23:1 (show verse)
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 23:2 (show verse)
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:3 (show verse)
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.
Proverbs 23:4 (show verse)
Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.
Proverbs 23:5 (show verse)
Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.
Proverbs 23:6 (show verse)
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
Proverbs 23:7 (show verse)
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23:8 (show verse)
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Proverbs 23:9 (show verse)
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23:10 (show verse)
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Proverbs 23:11 (show verse)
For their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs 23:12 (show verse)
Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13 (show verse)
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:14 (show verse)
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs 23:15 (show verse)
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs 23:16 (show verse)
Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Proverbs 23:17 (show verse)
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs 23:18 (show verse)
For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
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Proverbs 23:19 (show verse)
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
Proverbs 23:20 (show verse)
Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs 23:21 (show verse)
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23:22 (show verse)
Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:23 (show verse)
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 23:24 (show verse)
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Proverbs 23:25 (show verse)
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
Proverbs 23:26 (show verse)
My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.
Proverbs 23:27 (show verse)
For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 23:28 (show verse)
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Proverbs 23:29 (show verse)
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs 23:30 (show verse)
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:31 (show verse)
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Proverbs 23:32 (show verse)
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs 23:33 (show verse)
Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs 23:34 (show verse)
And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Proverbs 23:35 (show verse)
They have stricken me, wilt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.