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Proverbs:23:1 @
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler ,
Thou considerest diligently that which [
is ]
before thee ,
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Proverbs:23:2 @
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat ,
If thou [
art ]
a man of appetite .
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Proverbs:23:3 @
Have no desire to his dainties ,
seeing it [
is ]
lying food .
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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 .
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Proverbs:23:5 @
For wealth maketh to itself wings ,
As an eagle it flieth to the heavens .
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Proverbs:23:6 @
Eat not the bread of an evil eye ,
And have no desire to his dainties ,
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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 .
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Proverbs:23:8 @
Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up ,
And hast marred thy words that [
are ]
sweet .
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Proverbs:23:9 @
In the ears of a fool speak not ,
For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words .
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Proverbs:23:10 @
Remove not a border of olden times ,
And into fields of the fatherless enter not ,
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Proverbs:23:11 @
For their Redeemer [
is ]
strong ,
He doth plead their cause with thee .
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Proverbs:23:12 @
Bring in to instruction thy heart ,
And thine ear to sayings of knowledge .
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Proverbs:23:13 @
Withhold not from a youth chastisement ,
When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not .
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Proverbs:23:14 @
Thou with a rod smitest him ,
And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest .
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Proverbs:23:15 @
My son ,
if thy heart hath been wise ,
My heart rejoiceth ,
even mine ,
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Proverbs:23:16 @
And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly .
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Proverbs:23:17 @
Let not thy heart be envious at sinners ,
But --
in the fear of Jehovah all the day .
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Proverbs:23:18 @
For ,
is there a posterity ?
Then thy hope is not cut off .
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Proverbs:23:19 @
Hear thou ,
my son ,
and be wise ,
And make happy in the way thy heart ,
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Proverbs:23:20 @
Be not thou among quaffers of wine ,
Among gluttonous ones of flesh ,
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Proverbs:23:21 @
For the quaffer and glutton become poor ,
And drowsiness clotheth with rags .
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Proverbs:23:22 @
Hearken to thy father ,
who begat thee ,
And despise not thy mother when she hath become old .
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Proverbs:23:23 @
Truth buy ,
and sell not ,
Wisdom ,
and instruction ,
and understanding ,
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Proverbs:23:24 @
The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly ,
The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him .