| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you; | 1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, |
| 2And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite. | 2And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite. |
| 3Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food. | 3Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food. |
| 4Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! | 4Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it. |
| 5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven. | 5When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. |
| 6Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies; | 6Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; |
| 7For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you. | 7For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you. |
| 8The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words. | 8You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments. |
| 9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. | 9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. |
| 10Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless; | 10Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless, |
| 11For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you. | 11For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you. |
| 12Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge. | 12Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge. |
| 13Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. | 13Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. |
| 14You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell. | 14You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol. |
| 15My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself; | 15My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad; |
| 16Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things. | 16And my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak what is right. |
| 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; | 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the LORD always. |
| 18For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off. | 18Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. |
| 19Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way. | 19Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way. |
| 20Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; | 20Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; |
| 21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags. | 21For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags. |
| 22Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old. | 22Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old. |
| 23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding. | 23Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. |
| 24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him. | 24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him. |
| 25Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice. | 25Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you. |
| 26My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways. | 26Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways. |
| 27For a harlot is a deep pit, And a seductress is a narrow well. | 27For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well. |
| 28She also lies in wait as for a victim, And increases the unfaithful among men. | 28Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men. |
| 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? | 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? |
| 30Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine. | 30Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine. |
| 31Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly; | 31Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly; |
| 32At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper. | 32At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper. |
| 33Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things. | 33Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will utter perverse things. |
| 34Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying: | 34And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast. |
| 35“They have struck me, but I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?” | 35"They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink." |
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