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Proverbs 23:7-17
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7
for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.
[a]
"Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his
1
heart is not with you.
8
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
9
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
10
2
Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
11
for their
3
Redeemer is strong; he will
4
plead their cause against you.
12
Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
13
Do not withhold
5
discipline from a child;
6
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14
If you strike him with the rod, you will
7
save his soul from Sheol.
15
8
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
16
My
9
inmost being
[b]
will exult when your lips speak
10
what is right.
17
Let not your heart
11
envy sinners, but continue in
12
the fear of the LORD all the day.
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Cross References
12
1.
[
Psalms 12:2
]
2.
See
Proverbs 22:28
3.
[
Exodus 6:6
]; See
Job 19:25
4.
See
Proverbs 22:23
5.
See
Proverbs 13:24
6.
[
Proverbs 19:18
]
7.
[
1 Corinthians 5:5
]
8.
ver. 24, 25; See
Proverbs 29:3
9.
Psalms 7:9
;
Psalms 73:21
10.
[
Proverbs 8:6
]
11.
See
Psalms 37:1
12.
[
Proverbs 28:14
]
Footnotes
2
[a].
Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he
[b].
Hebrew My kidneys
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.