Proverbs 23
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When thou sittest to eat with a
ruler,
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consider diligently what is before
thee: |
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and put a knife to thy throat,
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if thou be a man given to
appetite. |
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3 |
Be not desirous of his dainties:
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for they are deceitful
meat. |
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4 |
Labor not to be rich;
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cease from thine own
wisdom. |
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5 |
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which
is not?
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For riches certainly make themselves
wings; |
they fly away as an eagle toward
heaven. |
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6 |
Eat thou not the bread of him that
hath an evil eye,
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neither desire thou his dainty
meats: |
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for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
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Eat and drink, saith he to thee; |
but his heart is not with
thee. |
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8 |
The morsel which thou hast eaten
shalt thou vomit up,
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and lose thy sweet
words. |
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9 |
Speak not in the ears of a fool:
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for he will despise the wisdom of thy
words. |
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10 |
Remove not the old landmark;
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and enter not into the fields of the
fatherless: |
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for their Redeemenr is mighty;
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he shall plead their cause with
thee. |
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12 |
Apply thine heart unto instruction,
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and thine ears to the words of
knowledge. |
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13 |
Withhold not correction from the
child:
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for if thou beatest him with the rod, he
shall not
die. |
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14 |
Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
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and shalt deliver his soul from
hell. |
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15 |
My son, if thine heart be wise,
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my heart shall rejoice, even
mine. |
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Yea, my reins shall rejoice,
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when thy lips speak right
things. |
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17 |
Let not thine heart envy sinners;
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but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day
long. |
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18 |
For surely there is an end;
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and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
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19 |
Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
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and guide thine heart in the
way. |
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20 |
Be not among winebibbers;
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among riotous eaters of
flesh: |
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21 |
for the drunkard and the glutton shall
come to poverty:
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and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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22 |
Hearken unto thy father that begat
thee,
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and despise not thy mother when she is
old. |
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23 |
Buy the truth, and sell it not;
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also wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding. |
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24 |
The father of the righteous shall greatly
rejoice:
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and he that begetteth a wise child shall have
joy of
him. |
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25 |
Thy father and thy mother shall be
glad,
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and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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26 |
My son, give me thine heart,
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and let thine eyes observe my
ways. |
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27 |
For a whore is a deep ditch;
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and a strange woman is a narrow
pit. |
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28 |
She also lieth in wait as for a
prey,
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and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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29 |
Who hath woe?
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Who hath sorrow? |
Who hath contentions? |
Who hath babbling? |
Who hath wounds without cause? |
Who hath redness of
eyes? |
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30 |
They that tarry long at the wine;
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they that go to seek mixed
wine. |
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31 |
Look not thou upon the wine when it is
red,
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when it giveth his color in the cup, |
when it moveth itself
aright. |
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32 |
At the last it biteth like a serpent,
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and stingeth like an
adder. |
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33 |
Thine eyes shall behold strange
women,
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and thine heart shall utter perverse
things. |
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34 |
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down
in the midst of the sea,
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or as he that lieth upon the top of a
mast. |
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35 |
They have stricken me, shalt thou say,
and I was not sick;
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they have beaten me, and I felt it not: |
when shall I awake? |
I will seek it yet
again. |
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