Proverbs:23

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* When thou sittest to eat with a ruler , consider diligently what is before thee : * And put a knife to thy throat , if thou be a man given to appetite . * Be not desirous of his dainties mat #am #: for they are deceitful meat . * Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom . * Wilt thou set (8675 ) thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away (8675 ) as an eagle toward heaven . * Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye , neither desire thou his dainty meats mat #am #: * For as he thinketh in his heart , so is he : Eat and drink , saith he to thee ; but his heart is not with thee . * The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up , and lose thy sweet words . * Speak not in the ears of a fool : for he will despise the wisdom of thy words . * Remove not the old landmark ; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless : * For their redeemer is mighty ; he shall plead their cause with thee . * Apply thine heart unto instruction , and thine ears to the words of knowledge da #ath #. * Withhold not correction from the child na #ar #: for if thou beatest him with the rod , he shall not die . * Thou shalt beat him with the rod , and shalt deliver his soul from hell sh @#owl #. * My son , if thine heart be wise , my heart shall rejoice , even mine . * Yea , my reins shall rejoice , when thy lips speak right things . * Let not thine heart envy sinners : but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long . * For surely there is an end ; and thine expectation shall not be cut off . * Hear thou , my son , and be wise , and guide thine heart in the way . * Be not among winebibbers yayin #; among riotous eaters of flesh : * For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags . * Hearken unto thy father that begat thee , and despise not thy mother when she is old . * Buy the truth , and sell it not ; also wisdom , and instruction , and understanding . * The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice : and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him . * Thy father and thy mother shall be glad , and she that bare thee shall rejoice . * My son , give me thine heart , and let thine eyes observe my ways . * For a whore is a deep ditch ; and a strange woman is a narrow pit @#er #. * She also lieth in wait as for a prey , and increaseth the transgressors among men . * Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling ? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? * They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine . * Look not thou upon the wine when it is red , when it giveth his colour in the cup , when it moveth itself aright . * At the last it biteth like a serpent , and stingeth like an adder . * Thine eyes shall behold strange women , and thine heart shall utter perverse things . * 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 . * 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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