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Proverbs 23

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1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
2 And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
3 Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
4 Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
6 Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies;
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
8 The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
10 Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
11 For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
12 Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
13 Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
14 You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice--indeed, I myself;
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
16 Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things.
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
18 For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
19 Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
20 Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
22 Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
26 My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
27 For a harlot is a deep pit, And a seductress is a narrow well.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
28 She also lies in wait as for a victim, And increases the unfaithful among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
30 Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly;
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
32 At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
33 Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
34 Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
35 "They have struck me, but I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?"
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