Proverbs 23

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1. (Prov 23:1) When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
2. (Prov 23:2) And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
3. (Prov 23:3) Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
4. (Prov 23:4) Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
5. (Prov 23:5) @@Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For @9riches@7 certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
6. (Prov 23:6) Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
7. (Prov 23:7) For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
8. (Prov 23:8) The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
9. (Prov 23:9) Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10. (Prov 23:10) Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11. (Prov 23:11) For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
12. (Prov 23:12) Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13. (Prov 23:13) @@Withhold not correction from the child; @9For@7 if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14. (Prov 23:14) Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
15. (Prov 23:15) My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
16. (Prov 23:16) Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
17. (Prov 23:17) @@Let not thy heart envy sinners; But @9be thou@7 in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
18. (Prov 23:18) For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.
19. (Prov 23:19) Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
20. (Prov 23:20) Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
21. (Prov 23:21) @@For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe @9a man@7 with rags.
22. (Prov 23:22) Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
23. (Prov 23:23) @@Buy the truth, and sell it not; @9Yea@7, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24. (Prov 23:24) The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
25. (Prov 23:25) Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
26. (Prov 23:26) My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
27. (Prov 23:27) For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28. (Prov 23:28) Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
29. (Prov 23:29) Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
30. (Prov 23:30) They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.
31. (Prov 23:31) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
32. (Prov 23:32) At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
33. (Prov 23:33) Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
34. (Prov 23:34) Yea, 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.
35. (Prov 23:35) @@They have stricken me, @9shalt thou say@7, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.