Proverbs 23 : 1 (HCSB)
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,
Proverbs 23 : 2 (HCSB)
and stick a knife in your throat if you have a big appetite;
Proverbs 23 : 3 (HCSB)
don't desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.
Proverbs 23 : 4 (HCSB)
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it.
Proverbs 23 : 5 (HCSB)
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Proverbs 23 : 6 (HCSB)
Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food,
Proverbs 23 : 7 (HCSB)
for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Proverbs 23 : 8 (HCSB)
You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Proverbs 23 : 9 (HCSB)
Don't speak to a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.
Proverbs 23 : 10 (HCSB)
Don't move an ancient property line, and don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 23 : 11 (HCSB)
for their Redeemer is strong, and He will take up their case against you.
Proverbs 23 : 12 (HCSB)
Apply yourself to instruction and listen to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23 : 13 (HCSB)
Don't withhold correction from a youth; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 23 : 14 (HCSB)
Strike him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.
Proverbs 23 : 15 (HCSB)
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will indeed rejoice.
Proverbs 23 : 16 (HCSB)
My innermost being will cheer when your lips say what is right.
Proverbs 23 : 17 (HCSB)
Don't be jealous of sinners; instead, always fear the LORD.
Proverbs 23 : 18 (HCSB)
For then you will have a future, and your hope will never fade.
Proverbs 23 : 19 (HCSB)
Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course.
Proverbs 23 : 20 (HCSB)
Don't associate with those who drink too much wine, or with those who gorge themselves on meat.
Proverbs 23 : 21 (HCSB)
For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and grogginess will clothe *them in rags.
Proverbs 23 : 22 (HCSB)
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23 : 23 (HCSB)
Buy-- and do not sell-- truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 23 : 24 (HCSB)
The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly, and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Proverbs 23 : 25 (HCSB)
Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.
Proverbs 23 : 26 (HCSB)
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
Proverbs 23 : 27 (HCSB)
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a forbidden woman is a narrow well;
Proverbs 23 : 28 (HCSB)
indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases those among men who are unfaithful.
Proverbs 23 : 29 (HCSB)
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has conflicts? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
Proverbs 23 : 30 (HCSB)
Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
Proverbs 23 : 31 (HCSB)
Don't gaze at wine when it is red, when it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 23 : 32 (HCSB)
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Proverbs 23 : 33 (HCSB)
Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say absurd things.
Proverbs 23 : 34 (HCSB)
You'll be like someone sleeping out at sea or lying down on the top of a ship's mast.
Proverbs 23 : 35 (HCSB)
"They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn't know it! When will I wake up? I'll look for another *drink ."
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