Proverbs:23:1-24:22
bes@Proverbs:23:1 @ If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before thee:
bes@Proverbs:23:2 @ and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats: but if thou art very insatiable,
bes@Proverbs:23:3 @ desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.
bes@Proverbs:23:4 @ If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.
bes@Proverbs:23:5 @ If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.
bes@Proverbs:23:6 @ Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats:
bes@Proverbs:23:7 @ so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:
bes@Proverbs:23:8 @ for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.
bes@Proverbs:23:9 @ Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.
bes@Proverbs:23:10 @ Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:
bes@Proverbs:23:11 @ for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.
bes@Proverbs:23:12 @ Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.
bes@Proverbs:23:13 @ Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
bes@Proverbs:23:14 @ For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death.
bes@Proverbs:23:15 @ Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart;
bes@Proverbs:23:16 @ and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.
bes@Proverbs:23:17 @ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.
bes@Proverbs:23:18 @ For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed.
bes@Proverbs:23:19 @ Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.
bes@Proverbs:23:20 @ Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
bes@Proverbs:23:21 @ for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
bes@Proverbs:23:22 @ Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old.
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bes@Proverbs:23:24 @ A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son.
bes@Proverbs:23:25 @ Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.
bes@Proverbs:23:26 @ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
bes@Proverbs:23:27 @ For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.
bes@Proverbs:23:28 @ For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off.
bes@Proverbs:23:29 @ Who has woe? who trouble? who has quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who has bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid?
bes@Proverbs:23:30 @ Are not those of them that stay long at wine? are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse with them (note:)Gr. in public walks(:note) openly.
bes@Proverbs:23:31 @ For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle.
bes@Proverbs:23:32 @ But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.
bes@Proverbs:23:33 @ Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, then thy mouth shall speak perverse things.
bes@Proverbs:23:34 @ And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm.
bes@Proverbs:23:35 @ And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?
bes@Proverbs:24:1 @ My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.
bes@Proverbs:24:2 @ For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.
bes@Proverbs:24:3 @ A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.
bes@Proverbs:24:4 @ By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth.
bes@Proverbs:24:5 @ A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.
bes@Proverbs:24:6 @ War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.
bes@Proverbs:24:7 @ Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,
bes@Proverbs:24:8 @ but deliberate in council. Death befalls uninstructed men.
bes@Proverbs:24:9 @ The fools also dies in sins; and uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.
bes@Proverbs:24:10 @ He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed.
bes@Proverbs:24:11 @ Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not thy help.
bes@Proverbs:24:12 @ But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; and he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, who renders to every man according to his works.
bes@Proverbs:24:13 @ My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that thy throat may be sweetened.
bes@Proverbs:24:14 @ Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee.
bes@Proverbs:24:15 @ Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.
bes@Proverbs:24:16 @ For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise again: but the ungodly shall be without strength in troubles.
bes@Proverbs:24:17 @ If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.
bes@Proverbs:24:18 @ For the Lord will see it, and it will not please him, and he will turn away his wrath from him.
bes@Proverbs:24:19 @ Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners.
bes@Proverbs:24:20 @ For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.
bes@Proverbs:24:21 @ My son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them.
bes@Proverbs:24:22 @ For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance inflicted by both? (note:)Note. The verses of this chapter are much intermingled with parts of other chapters(:note)(24:22AA)Hebrews. omits to the end A son that keeps the commandment shall Lit. be outside of escape destruction; for such an one has fully received it. (24:22BA) Let no falsehood be spoken by the king from the tongue; yea, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue. (24:22CA) The king’s tongue is a sword, and not one of flesh; and whosoever shall be given up to it shall be destroyed: (24:22DA) for if his wrath should be provoked, he destroys men with cords, (24:22EA) and devours men’s bones, and burns them up as a flame, so that they are not even fit to be eaten by the young eagles. (24:22FA) My son, reverence my words, and receive them, and repent.
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