strkjv@Proverbs:23:1
@ When thou
sittest
to
eat
with a
ruler
,
consider
diligently
what is
before
thee:
strkjv@Proverbs:23:2
@ And
put
a
knife
to thy
throat
, if thou be a man
given
to
appetite
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:3
@ Be not
desirous
of his
dainties
: for they are
deceitful
meat
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:4
@
Labour
not to be
rich
:
cease
from thine own
wisdom
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:5
@ Wilt thou
set
thine
eyes
upon that which is not? for riches
certainly
make
themselves
wings
; they fly
away
as an
eagle
toward
heaven
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:6
@
Eat
thou not the
bread
of him that hath an
evil
eye
, neither
desire
thou his dainty
meats
:
strkjv@Proverbs:23:7
@ For as he
thinketh
in his
heart
, so is he:
Eat
and
drink
,
saith
he to thee; but his
heart
is not with thee.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:8
@ The
morsel
which thou hast
eaten
shalt thou vomit
up
, and
lose
thy
sweet
words
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:9
@
Speak
not in the
ears
of a
fool
: for he will
despise
the
wisdom
of thy
words
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:10
@
Remove
not the
old
landmark
; and
enter
not into the
fields
of the
fatherless
:
strkjv@Proverbs:23:11
@ For their
redeemer
is
mighty
; he shall
plead
their
cause
with thee.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:12
@
Apply
thine
heart
unto
instruction
, and thine
ears
to the
words
of
knowledge
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:13
@
Withhold
not
correction
from the
child
: for if thou
beatest
him with the
rod
, he shall not
die
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:14
@ Thou shalt
beat
him with the
rod
, and shalt
deliver
his
soul
from
hell
sh@.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:15
@ My
son
, if thine
heart
be
wise
, my
heart
shall
rejoice
, even
mine
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:16
@ Yea, my
reins
shall
rejoice
, when thy
lips
speak
right
things
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:17
@ Let not thine
heart
envy
sinners
: but be thou in the
fear
of the
LORD
all the
day
long.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:18
@ For surely there
is
an
end
; and thine
expectation
shall not be cut
off
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:19
@
Hear
thou, my
son
, and be
wise
, and
guide
thine
heart
in the
way
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:20
@ Be not among
winebibbers
; among riotous
eaters
of
flesh
:
strkjv@Proverbs:23:21
@ For the
drunkard
and the
glutton
shall come to
poverty
: and
drowsiness
shall
clothe
a man with
rags
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:22
@
Hearken
unto thy
father
that
begat
thee, and
despise
not thy
mother
when she is
old
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:23
@
Buy
the
truth
, and
sell
it not; also
wisdom
, and
instruction
, and
understanding
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:24
@ The
father
of the
righteous
shall
greatly
rejoice
: and he that
begetteth
a
wise
child shall have
joy
of him.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:25
@ Thy
father
and thy
mother
shall be
glad
, and she that
bare
thee shall
rejoice
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:26
@ My
son
,
give
me thine
heart
, and let thine
eyes
observe
my
ways
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:27
@ For a
whore
is a
deep
ditch
; and a strange
woman
is a
narrow
pit
@.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:28
@ She also lieth in
wait
as for a
prey
, and
increaseth
the
transgressors
among
men
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:29
@ Who hath
woe
? who hath
sorrow
? who hath
contentions
? who hath
babbling
? who hath
wounds
without
cause
? who hath
redness
of
eyes
?
strkjv@Proverbs:23:30
@ They that tarry
long
at the
wine
; they that
go
to
seek
mixed
wine
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:31
@
Look
not thou upon the
wine
when it is
red
, when it
giveth
his
colour
in the
cup
, when it
moveth
itself
aright
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:32
@ At the
last
it
biteth
like a
serpent
, and
stingeth
like an
adder
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:33
@ Thine
eyes
shall
behold
strange
women
, and thine
heart
shall
utter
perverse
things
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:34
@ 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
.
strkjv@Proverbs:23:35
@ 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.
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