Proverbs 23

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

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