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Proverbs, Chapter 23

1 Consider carefullya Or whowhat is before you,
2 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
2
Pro 23:20
2 And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food.
3
Psa 141:4Pro 23:6Dan 1:5Dan 1:8Dan 1:13Dan 1:15Dan 1:16
4 Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from yourb Or understandingconsideration of it.
4
Pro 15:27Pro 28:20Mat 6:19Ti1 6:9Heb 13:5Pro 3:5Pro 3:7
5 c Lit Will your eyes fly upon it and it is not?When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
5
Pro 27:24Ti1 6:17
6 Do not eat the bread ofd Lit an evil eyea selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
6
Psa 141:4Deu 15:9Pro 28:22
7 For as hee Lit reckons in his soulthinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.
7
Pro 26:24Pro 26:25
8 You will vomit upf Lit yourthe morsel you have eaten,
And waste yourg Lit pleasant wordscompliments.
8
Pro 25:16
9 Do not speak in theh Lit earshearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
9
Mat 7:6Pro 1:7
10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
10
Jer 22:3Zec 7:10
11 For their Redeemer is strong;
He will plead their case against you.
11
Job 19:25Jer 50:34Pro 22:23
12 Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.
13 Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although youi Lit smitestrike him with the rod, he will not die.
13
Pro 13:24Pro 19:18
14 You shallj Lit smitestrike him with the rod
And rescue his soul from Sheol.
14
Co1 5:5
15 My son, if your heart is wise,
My own heart also will be glad;
15
Pro 23:24Pro 27:11Pro 29:3
16 And myk Lit kidneysinmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak what is right.
16
Pro 8:6
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in thel Or reverencefear of the LORDm Lit all the dayalways.
17
Psa 37:1Pro 24:1Pro 24:19Pro 28:14
18 Surely there is an Lit latter endfuture,
And your hope will not be cut off.
18
Psa 19:11Psa 58:11Pro 24:14Psa 9:18
19 Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way.
19
Pro 6:6Pro 4:23Pro 9:6
20 Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
20
Pro 20:1Pro 23:29Pro 23:30Isa 5:22Mat 24:49Luk 21:34Rom 13:13Eph 5:18Deu 21:20Pro 28:7
21 For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
21
Pro 21:17Pro 6:10Pro 6:11
22 Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
22
Pro 1:8Eph 6:1Pro 15:20Pro 30:17
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
23
Pro 4:7Pro 18:15Mat 13:44
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
24
Pro 10:1Pro 15:20Pro 29:3
25 Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
25
Pro 27:11
26 Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyeso Another reading is observedelight in my ways.
26
Pro 3:1Pro 4:4Psa 1:2Psa 119:24
27 For a harlot is a deep pit
And anp Lit strangeadulterous woman is a narrow well.
27
Pro 22:14Pro 5:20
28 Surely she lurks as a robber,
And increases theq Lit treacherousfaithless among men.
28
Pro 6:26Pro 7:12Ecc 7:26
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
29
Isa 5:11Isa 5:22
30 Those who linger long over wine,
Those who go tor Or search outtaste mixed wine.
30
Sa1 25:36Pro 20:1Isa 5:11Isa 28:7Eph 5:18Psa 75:8
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When its Lit gives its eyesparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;
31
Sol 7:9
32 At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
32
Job 20:16Pro 20:1Eph 5:18Psa 91:13Isa 11:8
33 Your eyes will see strange things
And yourt Lit heartmind will utter perverse things.
33
Pro 2:12
34 And you will be like one who lies down in theu Lit heartmiddle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of av Or lookoutmast.
35 “They struck me, but I did not becomew I.e. from the effect of woundsill;
They beat me, but I did not know it.
When shall I awake?
I will seekx Lit it yet againanother drink.”
35
Pro 27:22Jer 5:3Pro 26:11Isa 56:12
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