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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">Consider diligently what </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> before thee:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And put a knife to thy throat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">If thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> a man given to appetite.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Be not desirous of his dainties:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">For they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> deceitful meat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Labour not to be rich:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">Cease from thine own wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">riches</span></span><span class="content"> certainly make themselves wings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Eat thou not the bread of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him that hath</span></span><span class="content"> an evil eye,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">Neither desire thou his dainty meats:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.23.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For as he thinketh in his heart, so </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">Eat and drink, saith he to thee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">But his heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not with thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The morsel </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">And lose thy sweet words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Speak not in the ears of a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.23.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Remove not the old landmark;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For their redeemer </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> mighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">He shall plead their cause with thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Apply thine heart unto instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">And thine ears to the words of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Withhold not correction from the child:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">if</span></span><span class="content"> thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Thou shalt beat him with the rod,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">And shalt deliver his soul from hell.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My son, if thine heart be wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">My heart shall rejoice, even mine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Yea, my reins shall rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">When thy lips speak right things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let not thine heart envy sinners:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be thou</span></span><span class="content"> in the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> all the day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For surely there is an end;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">And thine expectation shall not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.23.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Hear thou, my son, and be wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">And guide thine heart in the way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Be not among winebibbers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">Among riotous eaters of flesh:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.23.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">And drowsiness shall clothe </span><span class="add"><span class="content">a man</span></span><span class="content"> with rags.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.23.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">And despise not thy mother when she is old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Buy the truth, and sell </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Also</span></span><span class="content"> wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.23.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">And he that begetteth a wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">child</span></span><span class="content"> shall have joy of him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.23.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">And she that bare thee shall rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">My son, give me thine heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">And let thine eyes observe my ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.23.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For a whore </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a deep ditch;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">And a strange woman </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a narrow pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.23.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">She also lieth in wait as </span><span class="add"><span class="content">for</span></span><span class="content"> a prey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">And increaseth the transgressors among men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.23.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who hath wounds without cause?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">Who hath redness of eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.23.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They that tarry long at the wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">They that go to seek mixed wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.23.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">When it giveth his colour in the cup,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">When</span></span><span class="content"> it moveth itself aright.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.23.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">At the last it biteth like a serpent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">And stingeth like an adder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.23.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Thine eyes shall behold strange women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">And thine heart shall utter perverse things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.23.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.23.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">They have stricken me, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shalt thou say, and</span></span><span class="content"> I was not sick;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">They have beaten me, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> I felt </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">When shall I awake?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.23.35"><span class="content">I will seek it yet again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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