Proverbs

Chapter 23

1 WHEN you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is set before you,

2 That you may not put poison in your mouth. And if you are a man given to excessive appetite,

3 Be not desirous of his food; for his bread is bread of deceit.

4 Do not quarrel with a rich man; but keep away from him wisely.

5 For if you should fix your eye on him, you cannot see him; for he makes for himself wings like an eagle and flies away toward the sky.

6 Do not eat with a hypocrite, neither desire his food;

7 For he is like him that swallows pitch; in like manner you will eat and drink with him, but his heart is not with you.

8 The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will lose your sweet words.

9 Do not speak in the presence of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

10 Do not remove the old landmark; nor enter into the field of the fatherless;

11 For their saviour is mighty; he will plead their cause with you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

13 Do not withhold chastisement from a child; for if you beat him, he will not die.

14 For when you beat him with the rod, you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

15 My son, if your heart be wise, my heart also will rejoice.

16 Yea, my heart shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

17 Let not your heart envy sinners; but revere the LORD all the day long.

18 For surely you will have a future; and your hope shall not be cut off.

19 Hear, my son, and be wise, and fasten my counsel in your heart.

20 Be not drunk with wine; and be not a gluttonous eater of meat:

21 For the drunkard and the gluttonous shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

22 Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23 Buy the truth, and do not sell wisdom; also buy understanding and instruction.

24 The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice; and he who begets a wise child shall be glad.

25 Your father and your mother shall rejoice in you; and the one who bore you shall be happy.

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

27 For a harlot is a deep pit; and a strange woman is a narrow well.

28 She destroys men suddenly, and increases iniquity among men.

29 Who has woe? Who has trouble? Who has contentions? Who has hardships? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

30 Those who tarry long over the wine; and who search for a place of drinking. Be not drunken with wine, but converse with righteous men; walk and talk with them.

31 Do not look on the wine when it is red in the cup, but meditate on righteousness.

32 For at the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

33 When your eyes behold a strange woman, then your heart shall utter perverse things.

34 Yea, you shall be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as a sailor in a tempest.

35 They have beaten me, you shall say, but I did not suffer, they have mocked me, but I did not know it; when I shall awake sober, I will go and seek it yet again.

Proverbs

Chapter 23

1 When3588 thou sittest3427 to eat3898 with854 a ruler,4910 consider diligently995 995 853 what834 is before6440 thee:

2 And put7760 a knife7915 to thy throat,3930 if518 thou859 be a man1167 given to appetite.5315

3 Be not408 desirous183 of his dainties:4303 for they1931 are deceitful3577 meat.3899

4 Labor3021 not408 to be rich:6238 cease2308 from4480 thine own wisdom.998

5 Wilt thou set5774 thine eyes5869 upon that which is not?369 for3588 riches certainly make6213 6213 themselves wings;3671 they fly away5774 as an eagle5404 toward heaven.8064

6 Eat3898 thou not408 853 the bread3899 of him that hath an evil7451 eye,5869 neither408 desire183 thou his dainty meats: 4303

7 For3588 as3644 he thinketh8176 in his heart,5315 so3651 is he:1931 Eat398 and drink,8354 saith559 he to thee; but his heart3820 is not1077 with thee.5973

8 The morsel6595 which thou hast eaten398 shalt thou vomit up,6958 and lose7843 thy sweet5273 words.1697

9 Speak1696 not408 in the ears241 of a fool:3684 for3588 he will despise936 the wisdom7922 of thy words.4405

10 Remove5253 not408 the old5769 landmark;1366 and enter935 not408 into the fields7704 of the fatherless: 3490

11 For3588 their redeemer1350 is mighty;2389 he1931 shall plead7378 853 their cause7379 with854 thee.

12 Apply935 thine heart3820 unto instruction,4148 and thine ears241 to the words561 of knowledge.1847

13 Withhold4513 not408 correction4148 from the child:4480 5288 for3588 if thou beatest5221 him with the rod,7626 he shall not3808 die.4191

14 Thou859 shalt beat5221 him with the rod,7626 and shalt deliver5337 his soul5315 from hell.4480 7585

15 My son,1121 if518 thine heart3820 be wise,2449 my heart3820 shall rejoice,8055 even1571 mine.589

16 Yea, my reins3629 shall rejoice,5937 when thy lips8193 speak1696 right things.4339

17 Let not408 thine heart3820 envy7065 sinners:2400 but3588 be thou in the fear3374 of the LORD3068 all3605 the day3117 long.

18 For3588 surely518 there is3426 an end;319 and thine expectation8615 shall not3808 be cut off.3772

19 Hear8085 thou,859 my son,1121 and be wise,2449 and guide833 thine heart3820 in the way.1870

20 Be1961 not408 among winebibbers;5433 3196 among riotous eaters2151 of flesh: 1320

21 For3588 the drunkard5433 and the glutton2151 shall come to poverty:3423 and drowsiness5124 shall clothe3847 a man with rags.7168

22 Hearken8085 unto thy father1 that2088 begot3205 thee, and despise936 not408 thy mother517 when3588 she is old.2204

23 Buy7069 the truth,571 and sell4376 it not;408 also wisdom,2451 and instruction,4148 and understanding.998

24 The father1 of the righteous6662 shall greatly rejoice:1523 1523 and he that begetteth3205 a wise2450 child shall have joy8055 of him.

25 Thy father1 and thy mother517 shall be glad,8055 and she that bore3205 thee shall rejoice.1523

26 My son,1121 give5414 me thine heart,3820 and let thine eyes5869 observe5341 my ways.1870

27 For3588 a whore2181 is a deep6013 ditch;7745 and a strange5237 woman is a narrow6862 pit.875

28 She1931 also637 lieth in wait693 as for a prey,2863 and increaseth3254 the transgressors898 among men.120

29 Who4310 hath woe?188 who4310 hath sorrow?17 who4310 hath contentions?4079 who4310 hath babbling?7879 who4310 hath wounds6482 without cause?2600 who4310 hath redness2448 of eyes?5869

30 They that tarry long309 at5921 the wine;3196 they that go935 to seek2713 mixed wine.4469

31 Look7200 not408 thou upon the wine3196 when3588 it is red,119 when3588 it giveth5414 his color5869 in the cup,3563 when it moveth itself1980 aright.4339

32 At the last319 it biteth5391 like a serpent,5175 and stingeth6567 like an adder.6848

33 Thine eyes5869 shall behold7200 strange women,2114 and thine heart3820 shall utter1696 perverse things.8419

34 Yea, thou shalt be1961 as he that lieth down7901 in the midst3820 of the sea,3220 or as he that lieth7901 upon the top7218 of a mast.2260

35 They have stricken5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not1077 sick;2470 they have beaten1986 me, and I felt3045 it not:1077 when4970 shall I awake?6974 I will seek1245 it yet3254 again.5750

Proverbs

Chapter 23

Proverbs

Chapter 23

1 WHEN you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is set before you,

1 When3588 thou sittest3427 to eat3898 with854 a ruler,4910 consider diligently995 995 853 what834 is before6440 thee:

2 That you may not put poison in your mouth. And if you are a man given to excessive appetite,

2 And put7760 a knife7915 to thy throat,3930 if518 thou859 be a man1167 given to appetite.5315

3 Be not desirous of his food; for his bread is bread of deceit.

3 Be not408 desirous183 of his dainties:4303 for they1931 are deceitful3577 meat.3899

4 Do not quarrel with a rich man; but keep away from him wisely.

4 Labor3021 not408 to be rich:6238 cease2308 from4480 thine own wisdom.998

5 For if you should fix your eye on him, you cannot see him; for he makes for himself wings like an eagle and flies away toward the sky.

5 Wilt thou set5774 thine eyes5869 upon that which is not?369 for3588 riches certainly make6213 6213 themselves wings;3671 they fly away5774 as an eagle5404 toward heaven.8064

6 Do not eat with a hypocrite, neither desire his food;

6 Eat3898 thou not408 853 the bread3899 of him that hath an evil7451 eye,5869 neither408 desire183 thou his dainty meats: 4303

7 For he is like him that swallows pitch; in like manner you will eat and drink with him, but his heart is not with you.

7 For3588 as3644 he thinketh8176 in his heart,5315 so3651 is he:1931 Eat398 and drink,8354 saith559 he to thee; but his heart3820 is not1077 with thee.5973

8 The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will lose your sweet words.

8 The morsel6595 which thou hast eaten398 shalt thou vomit up,6958 and lose7843 thy sweet5273 words.1697

9 Do not speak in the presence of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

9 Speak1696 not408 in the ears241 of a fool:3684 for3588 he will despise936 the wisdom7922 of thy words.4405

10 Do not remove the old landmark; nor enter into the field of the fatherless;

10 Remove5253 not408 the old5769 landmark;1366 and enter935 not408 into the fields7704 of the fatherless: 3490

11 For their saviour is mighty; he will plead their cause with you.

11 For3588 their redeemer1350 is mighty;2389 he1931 shall plead7378 853 their cause7379 with854 thee.

12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

12 Apply935 thine heart3820 unto instruction,4148 and thine ears241 to the words561 of knowledge.1847

13 Do not withhold chastisement from a child; for if you beat him, he will not die.

13 Withhold4513 not408 correction4148 from the child:4480 5288 for3588 if thou beatest5221 him with the rod,7626 he shall not3808 die.4191

14 For when you beat him with the rod, you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

14 Thou859 shalt beat5221 him with the rod,7626 and shalt deliver5337 his soul5315 from hell.4480 7585

15 My son, if your heart be wise, my heart also will rejoice.

15 My son,1121 if518 thine heart3820 be wise,2449 my heart3820 shall rejoice,8055 even1571 mine.589

16 Yea, my heart shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

16 Yea, my reins3629 shall rejoice,5937 when thy lips8193 speak1696 right things.4339

17 Let not your heart envy sinners; but revere the LORD all the day long.

17 Let not408 thine heart3820 envy7065 sinners:2400 but3588 be thou in the fear3374 of the LORD3068 all3605 the day3117 long.

18 For surely you will have a future; and your hope shall not be cut off.

18 For3588 surely518 there is3426 an end;319 and thine expectation8615 shall not3808 be cut off.3772

19 Hear, my son, and be wise, and fasten my counsel in your heart.

19 Hear8085 thou,859 my son,1121 and be wise,2449 and guide833 thine heart3820 in the way.1870

20 Be not drunk with wine; and be not a gluttonous eater of meat:

20 Be1961 not408 among winebibbers;5433 3196 among riotous eaters2151 of flesh: 1320

21 For the drunkard and the gluttonous shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

21 For3588 the drunkard5433 and the glutton2151 shall come to poverty:3423 and drowsiness5124 shall clothe3847 a man with rags.7168

22 Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

22 Hearken8085 unto thy father1 that2088 begot3205 thee, and despise936 not408 thy mother517 when3588 she is old.2204

23 Buy the truth, and do not sell wisdom; also buy understanding and instruction.

23 Buy7069 the truth,571 and sell4376 it not;408 also wisdom,2451 and instruction,4148 and understanding.998

24 The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice; and he who begets a wise child shall be glad.

24 The father1 of the righteous6662 shall greatly rejoice:1523 1523 and he that begetteth3205 a wise2450 child shall have joy8055 of him.

25 Your father and your mother shall rejoice in you; and the one who bore you shall be happy.

25 Thy father1 and thy mother517 shall be glad,8055 and she that bore3205 thee shall rejoice.1523

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

26 My son,1121 give5414 me thine heart,3820 and let thine eyes5869 observe5341 my ways.1870

27 For a harlot is a deep pit; and a strange woman is a narrow well.

27 For3588 a whore2181 is a deep6013 ditch;7745 and a strange5237 woman is a narrow6862 pit.875

28 She destroys men suddenly, and increases iniquity among men.

28 She1931 also637 lieth in wait693 as for a prey,2863 and increaseth3254 the transgressors898 among men.120

29 Who has woe? Who has trouble? Who has contentions? Who has hardships? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

29 Who4310 hath woe?188 who4310 hath sorrow?17 who4310 hath contentions?4079 who4310 hath babbling?7879 who4310 hath wounds6482 without cause?2600 who4310 hath redness2448 of eyes?5869

30 Those who tarry long over the wine; and who search for a place of drinking. Be not drunken with wine, but converse with righteous men; walk and talk with them.

30 They that tarry long309 at5921 the wine;3196 they that go935 to seek2713 mixed wine.4469

31 Do not look on the wine when it is red in the cup, but meditate on righteousness.

31 Look7200 not408 thou upon the wine3196 when3588 it is red,119 when3588 it giveth5414 his color5869 in the cup,3563 when it moveth itself1980 aright.4339

32 For at the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

32 At the last319 it biteth5391 like a serpent,5175 and stingeth6567 like an adder.6848

33 When your eyes behold a strange woman, then your heart shall utter perverse things.

33 Thine eyes5869 shall behold7200 strange women,2114 and thine heart3820 shall utter1696 perverse things.8419

34 Yea, you shall be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as a sailor in a tempest.

34 Yea, thou shalt be1961 as he that lieth down7901 in the midst3820 of the sea,3220 or as he that lieth7901 upon the top7218 of a mast.2260

35 They have beaten me, you shall say, but I did not suffer, they have mocked me, but I did not know it; when I shall awake sober, I will go and seek it yet again.

35 They have stricken5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not1077 sick;2470 they have beaten1986 me, and I felt3045 it not:1077 when4970 shall I awake?6974 I will seek1245 it yet3254 again.5750

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