Proverbs:23

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ylt @Proverbs:23:1 @When thou sittest to eat with a ruler , Thou considerest diligently that which [is ] before thee , ylt @Proverbs:23:2 @And thou hast put a knife to thy throat , If thou [art ] a man of appetite . ylt @Proverbs:23:3 @Have no desire to his dainties , seeing it [is ] lying food . ylt @Proverbs:23:4 @Labour not to make wealth , From thine own understanding cease , Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it ? Then it is not . ylt @Proverbs:23:5 @For wealth maketh to itself wings , As an eagle it flieth to the heavens . ylt @Proverbs:23:6 @Eat not the bread of an evil eye , And have no desire to his dainties , ylt @Proverbs:23:7 @For as he hath thought in his soul , so [is ] he , 'Eat and drink ,' saith he to thee , And his heart [is ] not with thee . ylt @Proverbs:23:8 @Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up , And hast marred thy words that [are ] sweet . ylt @Proverbs:23:9 @In the ears of a fool speak not , For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words . ylt @Proverbs:23:10 @Remove not a border of olden times , And into fields of the fatherless enter not , ylt @Proverbs:23:11 @For their Redeemer [is ] strong , He doth plead their cause with thee . ylt @Proverbs:23:12 @Bring in to instruction thy heart , And thine ear to sayings of knowledge . ylt @Proverbs:23:13 @Withhold not from a youth chastisement , When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not . ylt @Proverbs:23:14 @Thou with a rod smitest him , And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest . ylt @Proverbs:23:15 @My son , if thy heart hath been wise , My heart rejoiceth , even mine , ylt @Proverbs:23:16 @And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly . ylt @Proverbs:23:17 @Let not thy heart be envious at sinners , But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day . ylt @Proverbs:23:18 @For , is there a posterity ? Then thy hope is not cut off . ylt @Proverbs:23:19 @Hear thou , my son , and be wise , And make happy in the way thy heart , ylt @Proverbs:23:20 @Be not thou among quaffers of wine , Among gluttonous ones of flesh , ylt @Proverbs:23:21 @For the quaffer and glutton become poor , And drowsiness clotheth with rags . ylt @Proverbs:23:22 @Hearken to thy father , who begat thee , And despise not thy mother when she hath become old . ylt @Proverbs:23:23 @Truth buy , and sell not , Wisdom , and instruction , and understanding , ylt @Proverbs:23:24 @The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly , The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him . ylt @Proverbs:23:25 @Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother , Yea , she that bare thee is joyful . ylt @Proverbs:23:26 @Give , my son , thy heart to me , And let thine eyes watch my ways . ylt @Proverbs:23:27 @For a harlot [is ] a deep ditch , And a strange woman [is ] a strait pit . ylt @Proverbs:23:28 @She also , as catching prey , lieth in wait , And the treacherous among men she increaseth . ylt @Proverbs:23:29 @Who hath wo ? who hath sorrow ? Who hath contentions ? who hath plaint ? Who hath wounds without cause ? Who hath redness of eyes ? ylt @Proverbs:23:30 @Those tarrying by the wine , Those going in to search out mixed wine . ylt @Proverbs:23:31 @See not wine when it showeth itself red , When it giveth in the cup its colour , It goeth up and down through the upright . ylt @Proverbs:23:32 @Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth , And as a basilisk it stingeth . ylt @Proverbs:23:33 @Thine eyes see strange women , And thy heart speaketh perverse things . ylt @Proverbs:23:34 @And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea , And as one lying down on the top of a mast . ylt @Proverbs:23:35 @'They smote me , I have not been sick , They beat me , I have not known . When I awake -- I seek it yet again !'

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