Proverbs 23
23
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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Mishle 23
23
1When thou sittest to dine with a moshel (ruler), consider diligently what is before thee,
2And put a sakin (knife) to thy throat, if thou be a ba'al nefesh (man given to gluttony).
3Be not desirous of his delicacies, for they are lechem kezavim (deceitful food).
4Overwork not to get rich; cease from thine own binah (understanding).
5Wilt thou let thine eynayim fly after that which is not? For such [wealth] certainly sprouts kenafayim (wings); they fly away as a nesher (eagle) toward Shomayim.
6Eat thou not the lechem of him that hath a rah ayin (evil eye),#23:6 i.e., a miser neither desire thou his delicacies;
7For as he reckoneth in his nefesh, so is he. Eat and drink, saith he to thee, but his lev is not with thee.
8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy pleasant devarim.
9Speak not in the oznayim of a kesil (fool), for he will despise the seichel of thy words.
10Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark); and enter not into the sadot of the yetomim (fatherless ones, orphans),
11For their Go'el is chazak (strong); He shall plead their cause against thee.
12Apply thine lev unto musar, and thine oznayim to the words of da'as.
13Withhold not musar (correction) from the na'ar (child), for if thou spank him with the shevet, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt spank him with the shevet, and shalt save his nefesh from Sheol.
15Beni (my son), if thine lev be chacham, my own lev shall have simchah.
16Indeed, my inmost being shall rejoice, when thy sfatayim (lips) speak meisharim (upright things).
17Let not thine lev envy chatta'im, but be thou in the Yirat Hashem kol hayom.
18For surely there is an acharit (latter end, future), and thine tikvah shall not be cut off.
19Hear thou, beni (my son), and be chacham, and guide thine lev straight on the derech.
20Be not among yayin gluttons; among gluttonous eaters of basar,
21For the drunkard and the zolel (glutton) shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe with rags.
22Pay heed unto avicha that fathered thee, and despise not immecha when she is old.
23Buy emes, and sell it not; also chochmah, and musar, and binah (understanding).
24Avi tzaddik (the father of a righteous one) shall greatly rejoice, and he that fathereth a chacham shall have simchah in him.
25Avicha and immecha shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
26Beni (my son), give me thine lev, and let thine eynayim delight in my drakhim.
27For a zonah is a deep pit, and a nokhriyah (strange woman, foreign woman, seductress, unfaithful wife) is a narrow well.
28She also lieth in wait like a road bandit, and increaseth the bogedim (unfaithful) among adam (mankind).
29Who hath oy (woe)? Who hath sorrow? Who hath strifes? Who hath complaint? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath bloodshot eynayim?
30They that tarry long at the yayin, they that turn in to sample mixed wine.
31Stare not thou into the yayin when it is red, when it sparkles in the kos (cup), when it goeth down smoothly.
32At the acharit (latter end, future) it biteth like a nachash, and stingeth with venomous poisons like a viper.
33Thine eynayim shall behold zarot (strange women), and thine lev shall utter perverse things.
34Indeed, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the lev yam (heart 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. Mosai (when) shall I awake? I will seek yet another drink.
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