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Proverbs 23:1 (show verse)
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,
Proverbs 23:2 (show verse)
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
Proverbs 23:3 (show verse)
Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.
Proverbs 23:4 (show verse)
Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
Proverbs 23:5 (show verse)
For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
Proverbs 23:6 (show verse)
Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
Proverbs 23:7 (show verse)
For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23:8 (show verse)
Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.
Proverbs 23:9 (show verse)
In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23:10 (show verse)
Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
Proverbs 23:11 (show verse)
For their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs 23:12 (show verse)
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13 (show verse)
Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
Proverbs 23:14 (show verse)
Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.
Proverbs 23:15 (show verse)
My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
Proverbs 23:16 (show verse)
And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
Proverbs 23:17 (show verse)
Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Proverbs 23:18 (show verse)
For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
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Proverbs 23:19 (show verse)
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
Proverbs 23:20 (show verse)
Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
Proverbs 23:21 (show verse)
For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Proverbs 23:22 (show verse)
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
Proverbs 23:23 (show verse)
Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
Proverbs 23:24 (show verse)
The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
Proverbs 23:25 (show verse)
Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
Proverbs 23:26 (show verse)
Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
Proverbs 23:27 (show verse)
For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.
Proverbs 23:28 (show verse)
She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
Proverbs 23:29 (show verse)
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs 23:30 (show verse)
Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:31 (show verse)
See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
Proverbs 23:32 (show verse)
Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
Proverbs 23:33 (show verse)
Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
Proverbs 23:34 (show verse)
And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.
Proverbs 23:35 (show verse)
They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'