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Proverbs 23

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, think carefully about who is before you.

2 If you have a big appetite, put a knife to your throat!

3 Don't be greedy for his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

4 Don't exhaust yourself in pursuit of wealth; be smart enough to desist

5 If you make your eyes rush at it, it's no longer there! For wealth will surely grow wings, like an eagle flying off to the sky.

6 Don't eat the food of a stingy man; don't be greedy for his delicacies.

7 For he is like someone who keeps accounts -"Eat! Drink!" he says to you, but he doesn't really mean it.

8 The little you eat you will vomit up, and your compliments will have been wasted.

9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will only despise the common sense in your words.

10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone or encroach on the land of the fatherless;

11 for their Redeemer is strong; he will take up their fight against you.

12 Apply your mind to discipline and your ears to words of knowledge.

13 Don't withhold discipline from a child -if you beat him with a stick, he won't die!

14 If you beat him with a stick, you will save him from Sh'ol

15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my own heart too is glad;

16 my inmost being rejoices when your lips say what is right.

17 Don't envy sinners, but follow the example of those who always fear God;

18 for then you will have a future; what you hope for will not be cut off.

19 You, my son: listen, be wise, and set your mind on the right way

20 Don't be one of those who guzzle wine or of those who eat meat to excess,

21 for both drunkard and glutton will become poor -drowsiness will clothe them with rags

22 Listen to your father, who gave you life; and don't despise your mother when she gets old.

23 Buy the truth, don't sell it, also wisdom, discipline and discernment.

24 A righteous person's father will be filled with joy; yes, he whose son is wise will rejoice in him.

25 So let your father and mother be glad; let her who gave you birth rejoice.

26 My son, give me your heart; let your eyes observe my ways.

27 A prostitute is a deep ditch, and a forbidden woman like a narrow well.

28 She lies in wait to snatch her prey and adds to the number of faithless men.

29 Who has misery? Who has regret? Who fights and complains all the time? Who gets bruised for no good reason? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30 Those who spend their time over wine, those always trying out mixed drinks.

31 Don't gaze at the red wine as it gives its color to the cup. It may glide down smoothly now;

32 but in the end, it bites like a serpent -yes, it strikes like a poisonous snake.

33 Your eyes will see peculiar things, your mind will utter nonsense.

34 You will feel as if lying on the waves of the sea or sprawled on top of the mast -

35 "They hit me, but I didn't feel it! They beat me up, and I didn't even know it! When will I wake up? . . . I'll go get another drink."

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

2 And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money

5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld

15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

17 Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

18 For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way

20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

27 For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

28 Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

29 Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

31 Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

32 In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

34 Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.