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Proverbs 23:1 (CSB)
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,
Proverbs 23:2 (CSB)
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite;
Proverbs 23:3 (CSB)
don’t desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.
Proverbs 23:4 (CSB)
Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; because you know better, stop!
Proverbs 23:5 (CSB)
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Proverbs 23:6 (CSB)
Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, and don’t desire his choice food,
Proverbs 23:7 (CSB)
for it’s like someone calculating inwardly. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Proverbs 23:8 (CSB)
You will vomit the little you’ve eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Proverbs 23:9 (CSB)
Don’t speak to a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.
Proverbs 23:10 (CSB)
Don’t move an ancient boundary marker, and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Proverbs 23:11 (CSB)
for their Redeemer is strong, and he will champion their cause against you.
Proverbs 23:12 (CSB)
Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13 (CSB)
Don’t withhold discipline from a youth; if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 23:14 (CSB)
Punish him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.
Proverbs 23:15 (CSB)
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will indeed rejoice.
Proverbs 23:16 (CSB)
My innermost being will celebrate when your lips say what is right.
Proverbs 23:17 (CSB)
Don’t let your heart envy sinners; instead, always fear the Lord .
Proverbs 23:18 (CSB)
For then you will have a future, and your hope will not be dashed.
Proverbs 23:19 (CSB)
Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course.
Proverbs 23:20 (CSB)
Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat.
Proverbs 23:21 (CSB)
For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and grogginess will clothe them in rags.
Proverbs 23:22 (CSB)
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:23 (CSB)
Buy — and do not sell — truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 23:24 (CSB)
The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly, and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Proverbs 23:25 (CSB)
Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.