Proverbs:23
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When thou sit to eat with a ruler ,
consider diligently him who is before thee ,
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and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite .
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Be not desirous of his dainties ,
since they are deceitful food .
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Weary not thyself to be rich .
Out of thine own wisdom ,
cease .
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Will thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?
For it certainly makes itself wings ,
like an eagle that flies toward heaven .
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Eat thou not the bread of an evil eye ,
nor desire thou his dainties .
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For as he thinks within himself ,
so [
is ]
he .
Eat and drink ,
he says to thee ,
but his heart is not with thee .
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The morsel which thou have eaten thou shall vomit up ,
and lose thy sweet words .
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Speak not in the hearing of a fool ,
for he will despise the wisdom of thy words .
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Remove not the ancient landmark .
And enter not into the fields of the fatherless ,
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for their Redeemer is strong .
He will plead their cause against thee .
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Apply thy heart to instruction ,
and thine ears to the words of knowledge .
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Withhold not correction from the child , [
for ]
if thou beat him with the rod ,
he will not die .
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Thou shall beat him with the rod ,
and shall deliver his soul from Sheol .
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My son ,
if thy heart be wise ,
my heart will be glad ,
even mine .
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Yea ,
my heart will rejoice when thy lips speak right things .
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Let not thy heart envy sinners ,
but [
be thou ]
in the fear of LORD all the day long .
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For surely there is a reward ,
and thy hope shall not be cut off .
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Hear thou ,
my son ,
and be wise ,
and guide thy heart in the way .
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Be not among winebibbers ,
among gluttonous eaters of flesh .
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty ,
and drowsiness will clothe [
a man ]
with rags .
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Hearken to thy father who begot thee ,
and despise not thy mother when she is old .
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Buy the truth ,
and do not sell it , [
yea ],
wisdom ,
and instruction ,
and understanding .
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The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice ,
and he who begets a wise son will have joy of him .
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Let thy father and thy mother be glad ,
and let her who bore thee rejoice .
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My son ,
give me thy heart ,
and let thine eyes delight in my ways .
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For a harlot is a deep ditch ,
and an interloping woman is a narrow pit .
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Yea ,
she lays in wait as a robber ,
and increases the treacherous among men .
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Who has woe ?
Who has sorrow ?
Who has contentions ?
Who has complaining ?
Who has wounds without cause ?
Who has redness of eyes ?
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Those who tarry long at the wine .
Those who go to seek out mixed wine .
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Look not thou upon the wine when it is red ,
when it sparkles in the cup ,
when it goes down smoothly .
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At the end it bites like a serpent ,
and stings like an adder .
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Thine eyes shall behold strange things ,
and thy heart shall utter perverse things .
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Yea ,
thou shall be as he who lays down in the midst of the sea ,
or as he who lays upon the top of a mast .
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They have stricken me , [
thou shall say ],
and I was not hurt .
They have beaten me ,
and I did not feel it .
When shall I awake ?
I will seek it yet again .