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Proverbs 23
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
When you sit to eat with a ruler,
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you (note: Or who is before you),
Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their Defender is strong.
for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
Apply your heart to instruction,
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Don’t withhold correction from a child.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
My son, if your heart is wise,
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
Yes, my heart will rejoice
My inmost being (note: Hebrew My kidneys) will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners,
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Indeed surely there is a future hope,
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my son, and be wise,
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Don’t be amongst ones drinking too much wine,
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Listen to your father who gave you life,
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.
Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
The father of the righteous has great joy.
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Let your father and your mother be glad!
May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
For a prostitute is a deep pit;
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress (note: Or a foreign woman or a wayward wife) is a narrow well.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Who has woe?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Don’t look at the wine when it is red,
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Your eyes will see strange things,
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
“They hit me, and I was not hurt!
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”