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Proverbs 23:7-17

7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

7 for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.

8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.

9 Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.

10 Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.

11 for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.

12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

14 If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.

14 Punish them with the rod and save them from death.

15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.

15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;

16 My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.

16 my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

17 Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.

17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

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