Proverbs:23-24
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When you sit down to eat with a ruler ,
observe carefully what is before you ;
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and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite .
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Do not desire his delicacies ,
for they are deceptive food .
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Do not toil to acquire wealth ;
be wise enough to desist .
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When your eyes light upon it ,
it is gone ;
for suddenly it takes to itself wings ,
flying like an eagle toward heaven .
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Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy ;
do not desire his delicacies ;
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for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning . "
Eat and drink !"
he says to you ;
but his heart is not with you .
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You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten ,
and waste your pleasant words .
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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool ,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words .
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Do not remove an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless ;
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for their Redeemer is strong ;
he will plead their cause against you .
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Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge .
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Do not withhold discipline from a child ;
if you beat him with a rod ,
he will not die .
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If you beat him with the rod you will save his life from Sheol .
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My son ,
if your heart is wise ,
my heart too will be glad .
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My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right .
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Let not your heart envy sinners ,
but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day .
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Surely there is a future ,
and your hope will not be cut off .
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Hear ,
my son ,
and be wise ,
and direct your mind in the way .
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Be not among winebibbers ,
or among gluttonous eaters of meat ;
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for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty ,
and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags .
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Hearken to your father who begot you ,
and do not despise your mother when she is old .
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Buy truth ,
and do not sell it ;
buy wisdom ,
instruction ,
and understanding .
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The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice ;
he who begets a wise son will be glad in him .
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Let your father and mother be glad ,
let her who bore you rejoice .
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My son ,
give me your heart ,
and let your eyes observe my ways .
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For a harlot is a deep pit ;
an adventuress is a narrow well .
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She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men .
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Who has woe ?
Who has sorrow ?
Who has strife ?
Who has complaining ?
Who has wounds without cause ?
Who has redness of eyes ?
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Those who tarry long over wine ,
those who go to try mixed wine .
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Do not look at wine when it is red ,
when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly .
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At the last it bites like a serpent ,
and stings like an adder .
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Your eyes will see strange things ,
and your mind utter perverse things .
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You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea ,
like one who lies on the top of a mast .
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They struck me ,"
you will say , "
but I was not hurt ;
they beat me ,
but I did not feel it .
When shall I awake ?
I will seek another drink ."
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Be not envious of evil men ,
nor desire to be with them ;
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for their minds devise violence ,
and their lips talk of mischief .
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By wisdom a house is built ,
and by understanding it is established ;
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by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches .
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A wise man is mightier than a strong man ,
and a man of knowledge than he who has strength ;
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for by wise guidance you can wage your war ,
and in abundance of counselors there is victory .
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Wisdom is too high for a fool ;
in the gate he does not open his mouth .
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He who plans to do evil will be called a mischief-maker .
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The devising of folly is sin ,
and the scoffer is an abomination to men .
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If you faint in the day of adversity ,
your strength is small .
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Rescue those who are being taken away to death ;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter .
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If you say , "
Behold ,
we did not know this ,"
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it ?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it ,
and will he not requite man according to his work ?
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My son ,
eat honey ,
for it is good ,
and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste .
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Know that wisdom is such to your soul ;
if you find it ,
there will be a future ,
and your hope will not be cut off .
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Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous ;
do not violence to his home ;
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for a righteous man falls seven times ,
and rises again ;
but the wicked are overthrown by calamity .
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Do not rejoice when your enemy falls ,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles ;
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lest the LORD see it ,
and be displeased ,
and turn away his anger from him .
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Fret not yourself because of evildoers ,
and be not envious of the wicked ;
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for the evil man has no future ;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out .
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My son ,
fear the LORD and the king ,
and do not disobey either of them ;
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for disaster from them will rise suddenly ,
and who knows the ruin that will come from them both ?
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These also are sayings of the wise .
Partiality in judging is not good .
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He who says to the wicked , "
You are innocent ,"
will be cursed by peoples ,
abhorred by nations ;
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but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight ,
and a good blessing will be upon them .
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He who gives a right answer kisses the lips .
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Prepare your work outside ,
get everything ready for you in the field ;
and after that build your house .
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Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause ,
and do not deceive with your lips .
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Do not say , "
I will do to him as he has done to me ;
I will pay the man back for what he has done ."
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I passed by the field of a sluggard ,
by the vineyard of a man without sense ;
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and lo ,
it was all overgrown with thorns ;
the ground was covered with nettles ,
and its stone wall was broken down .
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Then I saw and considered it ;
I looked and received instruction .
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A little sleep ,
a little slumber ,
a little folding of the hands to rest ,
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and poverty will come upon you like a robber ,
and want like an armed man .
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These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezeki '
ah king of Judah copied .
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