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Proverbs 23
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Proverbs 23 . 1
1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,TOSKProverbs 23:1
Proverbs 23 . 2
2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.CProverbs 23:2-6TOSKProverbs 23:2
Proverbs 23 . 3
3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.CProverbs 23:2-6TOSKProverbs 23:3
Proverbs 23 . 4
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.CProverbs 23:2-6TOSKProverbs 23:4
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5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.CProverbs 23:2-6TOSKProverbs 23:5
Proverbs 23 . 6
6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;CProverbs 23:2-6TOSKProverbs 23:6
Proverbs 23 . 7
7 for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.CProverbs 23:2-6TOSKProverbs 23:7
Proverbs 23 . 8
8 You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.TOSKProverbs 23:8
Proverbs 23 . 9
9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.TOSKProverbs 23:9
Proverbs 23 . 10
10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,TOSKProverbs 23:10
Proverbs 23 . 11
11 for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.TOSKProverbs 23:11
Proverbs 23 . 12
12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.TOSKProverbs 23:12
Proverbs 23 . 13
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.TOSKProverbs 23:13
Proverbs 23 . 14
14 Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.TOSKProverbs 23:14
Proverbs 23 . 15
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.TOSKProverbs 23:15
Proverbs 23 . 16
16 My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.TOSKProverbs 23:16
Proverbs 23 . 17
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.TOSKProverbs 23:17
Proverbs 23 . 18
18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.TOSKProverbs 23:18
Proverbs 23 . 19
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.CProverbs 23:19-26TOSKProverbs 23:19
Proverbs 23 . 20
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.CProverbs 23:19-26TOSKProverbs 23:20
Proverbs 23 . 21
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.CProverbs 23:19-26TOSKProverbs 23:21
Proverbs 23 . 22
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.CProverbs 23:19-26TOSKProverbs 23:22
Proverbs 23 . 23
23 Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.CProverbs 23:19-26TOSKProverbs 23:23
Proverbs 23 . 24
24 The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.CProverbs 23:19-26TOSKProverbs 23:24
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25 May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!CProverbs 23:19-26TOSKProverbs 23:25
Proverbs 23 . 26
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.CProverbs 23:19-26TOSKProverbs 23:26
Proverbs 23 . 27
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.TOSKProverbs 23:27
Proverbs 23 . 28
28 Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.TOSKProverbs 23:28
Proverbs 23 . 29
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?TOSKProverbs 23:29
Proverbs 23 . 30
30 Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.TOSKProverbs 23:30
Proverbs 23 . 31
31 Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.IPEphesians 5:18CProverbs 23:31-33TOSKProverbs 23:31
Proverbs 23 . 32
32 In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.CProverbs 23:31-33TOSKProverbs 23:32
Proverbs 23 . 33
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.CProverbs 23:31-33TOSKProverbs 23:33
Proverbs 23 . 34
34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:TOSKProverbs 23:34
Proverbs 23 . 35
35 “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”TOSKProverbs 23:35