Proverbs 23 : 1 (WEB)
When you sit to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently what is before you;
Proverbs 23 : 2 (WEB)
Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23 : 3 (WEB)
Don't be desirous of his dainties, Seeing they are deceitful food.
Proverbs 23 : 4 (WEB)
Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
Proverbs 23 : 5 (WEB)
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Proverbs 23 : 6 (WEB)
Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, And don't crave his delicacies:
Proverbs 23 : 7 (WEB)
For as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
Proverbs 23 : 8 (WEB)
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words.
Proverbs 23 : 9 (WEB)
Don't speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 23 : 10 (WEB)
Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
Proverbs 23 : 11 (WEB)
For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
Proverbs 23 : 12 (WEB)
Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23 : 13 (WEB)
Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 23 : 14 (WEB)
Punish him with the rod, And save his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 23 : 15 (WEB)
My son, if your heart is wise, Then my heart will be glad, even mine:
Proverbs 23 : 16 (WEB)
Yes, my heart will rejoice, When your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 23 : 17 (WEB)
Don't let your heart envy sinners; But rather fear Yahweh all the day long.
Proverbs 23 : 18 (WEB)
Indeed surely there is a future hope, And your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 23 : 19 (WEB)
Listen, my son, and be wise, And keep your heart on the right path!
Proverbs 23 : 20 (WEB)
Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, Or those who gorge themselves on meat:
Proverbs 23 : 21 (WEB)
For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 23 : 22 (WEB)
Listen to your father who gave you life, And don't despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23 : 23 (WEB)
Buy the truth, and don't sell it: Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Proverbs 23 : 24 (WEB)
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Proverbs 23 : 25 (WEB)
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
Proverbs 23 : 26 (WEB)
My son, give me your heart; And let your eyes keep in my ways.
Proverbs 23 : 27 (WEB)
For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Proverbs 23 : 28 (WEB)
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, And increases the unfaithful among men.
Proverbs 23 : 29 (WEB)
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Proverbs 23 : 30 (WEB)
Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine.
Proverbs 23 : 31 (WEB)
Don't look at the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly:
Proverbs 23 : 32 (WEB)
In the end, it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper.
Proverbs 23 : 33 (WEB)
Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will imagine confusing things.
Proverbs 23 : 34 (WEB)
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
Proverbs 23 : 35 (WEB)
"They hit me, and I was not hurt; They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
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