| 23 | Proverbs | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you; | |||
| and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. | |||
| Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. | |||
| Do not toil to acquire wealth; be wise enough to desist. | |||
| When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes to itself wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. | |||
| Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies; | |||
| for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning. "Eat and drink!" he says to you; but his heart is not with you. | |||
| You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words. | |||
| Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. | |||
| Do not remove an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless; | |||
| for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you. | |||
| Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge. | |||
| Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. | |||
| If you beat him with the rod you will save his life from Sheol. | |||
| My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. | |||
| My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. | |||
| Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. | |||
| Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. | |||
| Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way. | |||
| Be not among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of meat; | |||
| for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags. | |||
| Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old. | |||
| Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. | |||
| The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him. | |||
| Let your father and mother be glad, let her who bore you rejoice. | |||
| My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. | |||
| For a harlot is a deep pit; an adventuress is a narrow well. | |||
| She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men. | |||
| Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? | |||
| Those who tarry long over wine, those who go to try mixed wine. | |||
| Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. | |||
| At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder. | |||
| Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind utter perverse things. | |||
| You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast. | |||
| "They struck me," you will say, "but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink." | |||
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