Search results for: Proverbs 23:1-35
Proverbs 23:1 (NIV)
When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,
Proverbs 23:2 (NIV)
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
Proverbs 23:3 (NIV)
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Proverbs 23:4 (NIV)
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
Proverbs 23:5 (NIV)
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
Proverbs 23:6 (NIV)
Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
Proverbs 23:7 (NIV)
for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Proverbs 23:8 (NIV)
You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
Proverbs 23:9 (NIV)
Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
Proverbs 23:10 (NIV)
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 23:11 (NIV)
for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
Proverbs 23:12 (NIV)
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13 (NIV)
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Proverbs 23:14 (NIV)
Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
Proverbs 23:15 (NIV)
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
Proverbs 23:16 (NIV)
my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 23:17 (NIV)
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord .
Proverbs 23:18 (NIV)
There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:19 (NIV)
Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:
Proverbs 23:20 (NIV)
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
Proverbs 23:21 (NIV)
for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 23:22 (NIV)
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:23 (NIV)
Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
Proverbs 23:24 (NIV)
The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
Proverbs 23:25 (NIV)
May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!