Interlinear Bible - Proverbs 23

1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you,

!yib'T !yiB levw{m -t,a ~w{x.lil bevet -yiK ? '$y,n'p.l r,v]a -t,a

2 And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.

h'T'a v,p,n l;[;B -mia '$,[{l.B !yiK;f 'T.m;f.w

3 Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.

~yib'z.K ~,x,l a.Wh.w wy'tw{M;[.j;m.l q]w'a.tiT -l;a

4 Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it

l'd]x '$.t'nyiBim ryiv][;h.l [;gyiT -l;a

5 When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

w{L -h,f][;y h{f'[ yiK .WN,nyea.w w{B '$y,nye[ @.W['t]h ? ~Iy'm'V;h @ey'[.w r,v,n.K ~Iy;p'n.k

6 Do not eat the bread of a selfish * man, Or desire his delicacies;

w'a.tiT -l;a.w !Iy'[ [;r ~,x,l -t,a ~;x.liT -l;a ? wy't{M;[.j;m.l

7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you.

het.v.W l{k/a a.Wh -n,K w{v.p;n.B r;['v -w{m.K yiK ? .$'Mi[ -l;B w{Bil.w .$'l r;ma{y

8 You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.

~yimyi[.N;h '$y,r'b.D 'T;xiv.w h'N,ayiq.t 'T.l;k'a -'k.TiP

9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

l,kef.l z.Wb'y -yiK reB;d.T -l;a lyis.k yen.z'a.B ? '$y,Lim

10 Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,

~yimw{t.y yed.fib.W ~'lw{[ l.Wb.G geS;T -l;a ? a{b'T -l;a

11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.

~'byir -t,a byir'y -a.Wh q'z'x ~'l]a{g -yiK ? .$'Tia

12 Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.

t;['d -yer.mia.l '$,n.z'a.w '$,Bil r's.WM;l h'ayib'h

13 Do not hold back discipline from the child, although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

j,beV;b .WN,K;t -yiK r's.Wm r;[;Nim [;n.miT -l;a ? t.Wm'y a{l

14 You shall strike him with the rod and rescue his soul from Sheol

lyiC;T lw{a.Vim w{v.p;n.w .WN,K;T j,beV;B h'T;a

15 My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad;

yin'a -m;g yiBil x;m.fIy '$,Bil ~;k'x -mia yin.B

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

~yir'vyem '$y,t'p.f reB;d.B y'tw{y.lik h'n.z{l.[;t.w

17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the LORD always *.

h'wh.y -t;a.rIy.B -mia yiK ~yia'J;x;B '$.Bil aeN;q.y -l;a ? ~w{Y;h -l'K

18 Surely * there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.

ter'Kit a{l '$.t'w.qit.w tyir]x;a vey -mia yiK

19 Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way

'$,Bil .$,r,D;B reV;a.w ~'k]x;w yin.b h'T;a -[;m.v

20 Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;

w{m'l r'f'b yel]l{z.B !Iy'y -yea.b{s.b yih.T -l;a

21 For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags

vyiB.l;T ~yi['r.q.W ver\WIy lelw{z.w aeb{s -yiK ? h'm.Wn

22 Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.

h'n.q'z -yiK z.Wb'T -l;a.w '$,d'l.y h,z '$yib'a.l [;m.v ? '$,Mia

23 Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

h'nyib.W r's.Wm.W h'm.k'x r{K.miT -l;a.w hen.q t,m/a

24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.

x;m.fIy.w ~'k'x delw{y qyiD;c yib]a l.Wg'y lw{G

25 Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.

'$,T.d;lw{y leg't.w '$,Mia.w '$yib'a -x;m.fIy

26 Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.

h'n,c.riT y;k'r.D '$y,nye[.w yil '$.Bil yin.b -h'n.T

27 For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.

h'Yir.k'n h'r'c rea.b.W h'nw{z h'QUm][ h'x.Wv -yiK

28 Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men.

~'d'a.B ~yid.gw{b.W b{r/a,T @,t,x.K ayih -p;a ? @isw{T

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

yim.l ~yinw{dim yim.l yw{b]a yim.l yw{a yim.l ? ~Iy'nye[ t.Wlil.k;x yim.l ~'Nix ~yi['c.P yim.l ;xyif

30 Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine.

.$'s.mim r{q.x;l ~yia'B;l !Iy'Y;h -l;[ ~yir]x;a.m;l

31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles * in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

syiK;B !eTIy -yiK ~'D;a.tIy yiK !Iy;y a,reT -l;a ? ~yir'vyem.B .$eL;h.tIy w{nye[

32 At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper.

vir.p;y yin{[.pic.k.W .$'VIy v'x'n.K w{tyir]x;a

33 Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will utter perverse things.

tw{kUP.h;T reB;d.y '$.Bil.w tw{r'z .Wa.rIy '$y,nye[

34 And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.

leBix va{r.B bek{v.k.W ~'y -b,l.B bek{v.K 'tyIy'h.w

35 "They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another * drink."

yiT.['d'y -l;B yin.Wm'l]h yityil'x -l;b yin.WKih ? dw{[ .WN,v.q;b]a @yisw{a #yiq'a y;t'm