23:1 When thou sittest 3427 8799 to eat 3898 8800 with a ruler 4910 8802, consider 995 8799 diligently 995 8800 what [is] before 6440 thee:

23:2 And put 7760 8804 a knife 7915 to thy throat 3930, if thou [be] a man given 1167 to appetite 5315.

23:3 Be not desirous 183 8691 of his dainties 4303: for they [are] deceitful 3577 meat 3899.

23:4 Labour 3021 8799 not to be rich 6238 8687: cease 2308 8798 from thine own wisdom 998.

23:5 Wilt thou set 5774 8686 8675 5774 8799 thine eyes 5869 upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly 6213 8800 make 6213 8799 themselves wings 3671; they fly away 5774 8799 8675 5774 8687 as an eagle 5404 toward heaven 8064.(set…: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon)

23:6 Eat 3898 8799 thou not the bread 3899 of [him that hath] an evil 7451 eye 5869, neither desire 183 8691 thou his dainty meats 4303:

23:7 For as he thinketh 8176 8804 in his heart 5315, so [is] he: Eat 398 8798 and drink 8354 8798, saith 559 8799 he to thee; but his heart 3820 [is] not with thee.

23:8 The morsel 6595 [which] thou hast eaten 398 8804 shalt thou vomit up 6958 8686, and lose 7843 8765 thy sweet 5273 words 1697.

23:9 Speak 1696 8762 not in the ears 241 of a fool 3684: for he will despise 936 8799 the wisdom 7922 of thy words 4405.

23:10 Remove 5253 8686 not the old 5769 landmark 1366; and enter 935 8799 not into the fields 7704 of the fatherless 3490:(landmark: or, bound)

23:11 For their redeemer 1350 8802 [is] mighty 2389; he shall plead 7378 8799 their cause 7379 with thee.

23:12 Apply 935 8685 thine heart 3820 unto instruction 4148, and thine ears 241 to the words 561 of knowledge 1847.

23:13 Withhold 4513 8799 not correction 4148 from the child 5288: for [if] thou beatest 5221 8686 him with the rod 7626, he shall not die 4191 8799.

23:14 Thou shalt beat 5221 8686 him with the rod 7626, and shalt deliver 5337 8686 his soul 5315 from hell 7585.

23:15 My son 1121, if thine heart 3820 be wise 2449 8804, my heart 3820 shall rejoice 8055 8799, even mine 589.(even…: or, even I will rejoice)

23:16 Yea, my reins 3629 shall rejoice 5937 8799, when thy lips 8193 speak 1696 8763 right things 4339.

23:17 Let not thine heart 3820 envy 7065 8762 sinners 2400: but [be thou] in the fear 3374 of the LORD 3068 all the day 3117 long.

23:18 For surely there is 3426 an end 319; and thine expectation 8615 shall not be cut off 3772 8735.(end: or, reward)

23:19 Hear 8085 8798 thou, my son 1121, and be wise 2449 8798, and guide 833 8761 thine heart 3820 in the way 1870.

23:20 Be not among winebibbers 3196 5433 8802; among riotous eaters 2151 8802 of flesh 1320:(of flesh: Heb. of their flesh)

23:21 For the drunkard 5433 8802 and the glutton 2151 8802 shall come to poverty 3423 8735: and drowsiness 5124 shall clothe 3847 8686 [a man] with rags 7168.

23:22 Hearken 8085 8798 unto thy father 1 that begat 3205 8804 thee, and despise 936 8799 not thy mother 517 when she is old 2204 8804.

23:23 Buy 7069 8798 the truth 571, and sell 4376 8799 [it] not; [also] wisdom 2451, and instruction 4148, and understanding 998.

23:24 The father 1 of the righteous 6662 shall greatly 1524 rejoice 1523 8799: and he that begetteth 3205 8802 a wise 2450 [child] shall have joy 8055 8799 of him.

23:25 Thy father 1 and thy mother 517 shall be glad 8055 8799, and she that bare 3205 8802 thee shall rejoice 1523 8799.

23:26 My son 1121, give 5414 8798 me thine heart 3820, and let thine eyes 5869 observe 7521 8799 5341 8799 my ways 1870.

23:27 For a whore 2181 8802 [is] a deep 6013 ditch 7745; and a strange woman 5237 [is] a narrow 6862 pit 875.

23:28 She also lieth in wait 693 8799 as [for] a prey 2863, and increaseth 3254 8686 the transgressors 898 8802 among men 120.(as for…: or, as a robber)

23:29 Who hath woe 188? who hath sorrow 17? who hath contentions 4079 8675 4066? who hath babbling 7879? who hath wounds 6482 without cause 2600? who hath redness 2448 of eyes 5869?

23:30 They that tarry long 309 8764 at the wine 3196; they that go 935 8802 to seek 2713 8800 mixed wine 4469.

23:31 Look 7200 8799 not thou upon the wine 3196 when it is red 119 8691, when it giveth 5414 8799 his colour 5869 in the cup 3563 8675 3599, [when] it moveth 1980 8691 itself aright 4339.

23:32 At the last 319 it biteth 5391 8799 like a serpent 5175, and stingeth 6567 8686 like an adder 6848.(an…: or, a cockatrice)

23:33 Thine eyes 5869 shall behold 7200 8799 strange women 2114 8801, and thine heart 3820 shall utter 1696 8762 perverse things 8419.

23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down 7901 8802 in the midst 3820 of the sea 3220, or as he that lieth 7901 8802 upon the top 7218 of a mast 2260.(the midst…: Heb. the heart of the sea)

23:35 They have stricken 5221 8689 me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick 2470 8804; they have beaten 1986 8804 me, [and] I felt 3045 8804 [it] not: when shall I awake 6974 8686? I will seek 1245 8762 it yet 3254 8686 again.(I felt…: Heb. I knew it not)

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