Proverbs 23 : 1 (RV)
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him that is before thee;
Proverbs 23 : 2 (RV)
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23 : 3 (RV)
Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs 23 : 4 (RV)
Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 23 : 5 (RV)
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for cf15i riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
Proverbs 23 : 6 (RV)
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
Proverbs 23 : 7 (RV)
For as he reckoneth within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23 : 8 (RV)
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Proverbs 23 : 9 (RV)
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23 : 10 (RV)
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Proverbs 23 : 11 (RV)
For their redeemer is strong; he shall plead their cause against thee.
Proverbs 23 : 12 (RV)
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23 : 13 (RV)
Withhold not correction from the child: cf15i for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23 : 14 (RV)
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 23 : 15 (RV)
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall be glad, even mine:
Proverbs 23 : 16 (RV)
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Proverbs 23 : 17 (RV)
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but cf15i be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long:
Proverbs 23 : 18 (RV)
For surely there is a reward; and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Proverbs 23 : 19 (RV)
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Proverbs 23 : 20 (RV)
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs 23 : 21 (RV)
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe cf15i a man with rags.
Proverbs 23 : 22 (RV)
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23 : 23 (RV)
Buy the truth, and sell it not; cf15i yea , wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 23 : 24 (RV)
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Proverbs 23 : 25 (RV)
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bare thee rejoice.
Proverbs 23 : 26 (RV)
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways.
Proverbs 23 : 27 (RV)
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 23 : 28 (RV)
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
Proverbs 23 : 29 (RV)
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs 23 : 30 (RV)
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek out mixed wine.
Proverbs 23 : 31 (RV)
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly.
Proverbs 23 : 32 (RV)
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs 23 : 33 (RV)
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thine heart shall utter froward things.
Proverbs 23 : 34 (RV)
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.
Proverbs 23 : 35 (RV)
They have stricken me, cf15i shalt thou say , and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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