Proverbs 23
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Proverbs 23
1¶ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee;
2and put a knife to thy throat if thou art a man given to appetite.
3Do not be desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
4¶ Do not labour to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon riches which are not? For they shall certainly make themselves wings; they shall fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6¶ Do not eat the bread of anyone who has an evil eye, neither desire his dainty foods;
7for as he thinks in his soul, so is he; Eat and drink, he shall say unto thee, but his heart is not with thee.
8Didst thou eat thy part? Thou shalt vomit it up and lose thy sweet words.
9¶ Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the prudence of thy words.
10¶ Do not remove the old landmark, and do not enter into the inheritance of the fatherless:
11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall judge their cause against thee.
12¶ Apply thine heart unto chastening and thine ears to the words of wisdom.
13Do not withhold correction from the child; for if thou shall beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
15My son, if thy heart is wise, my heart shall also rejoice;
16my kidneys shall also rejoice when thy lips speak right things.
17¶ Let not thy heart envy sinners, but persevere in the fear of the Lord all day long.
18For surely there is an end, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
19¶ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and straighten thy heart in the way.
20Do not be among those who are drunk with wine; nor among gluttonous eaters of food;
21for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begets a wise child shall have joy with him.
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27For a whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28She also lies in wait as for a prey and increases the transgressors among men.
29¶ For who shall be the woe? for who shall be the woe? for who contention? for who quarrels? for who the wounds without cause? who shall have redness of eyes?
30For those that tarry long at the wine; those that go to seek mixed wine.
31Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its colour in the cup, it goes down smoothly.
32At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea or as he that sleeps at the rudder.
35They have stricken me, thou shalt say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not; when I shall awake, I will seek it yet again.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Proverbs 23
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1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
Consider diligently him that is before thee;
2And put a knife to thy throat,
If thou be a man given to appetite.
3Be not desirous of his dainties;
Seeing they are deceitful food.
4Weary not thyself to be rich;
Cease from thine own wisdom.
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings,
Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
Neither desire thou his dainties:
7For as he thinketh within himself, so is he:
Eat and drink, saith he to thee;
But his heart is not with thee.
8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
And lose thy sweet words.
9Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10Remove not the ancient landmark;
And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11For their Redeemer is strong;
He will plead their cause against thee.
12Apply thy heart unto instruction,
And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13Withhold not correction from the child;
For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
15My son, if thy heart be wise,
My heart will be glad, even mine:
16Yea, my heart will rejoice,
When thy lips speak right things.
17Let not thy heart envy sinners;
But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
18For surely there is a reward;
And thy hope shall not be cut off.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
And guide thy heart in the way.
20Be not among winebibbers,
Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty;
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,
And despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell it not;
Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
25Let thy father and thy mother be glad,
And let her that bare thee rejoice.
26My son, give me thy heart;
And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
27For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber,
And increaseth the treacherous among men.
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions?
Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause?
Who hath redness of eyes?
30They that tarry long at the wine;
They that go to seek out mixed wine.
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,
When it sparkleth in the cup,
When it goeth down smoothly:
32At the last it biteth like a serpent,
And stingeth like an adder.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange things,
And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
34Yea, 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.
35They have stricken me, 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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