◄ Proverbs 23 ►
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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
12[an error occurred while processing this directive]12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13[an error occurred while processing this directive]13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
18[an error occurred while processing this directive]18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19[an error occurred while processing this directive]19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20[an error occurred while processing this directive]20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
21[an error occurred while processing this directive]21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
22[an error occurred while processing this directive]22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23[an error occurred while processing this directive]23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24[an error occurred while processing this directive]24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25[an error occurred while processing this directive]25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
26[an error occurred while processing this directive]26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27[an error occurred while processing this directive]27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
28[an error occurred while processing this directive]28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
29[an error occurred while processing this directive]29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30[an error occurred while processing this directive]30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
31[an error occurred while processing this directive]31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32[an error occurred while processing this directive]32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
33[an error occurred while processing this directive]33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
34[an error occurred while processing this directive]34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
35[an error occurred while processing this directive]35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
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