Proverbs 23

1 ♥ 📝 W hen thou sittest^H3427 to eat^H3898 with a ruler,^H4910 Consider^H995 diligently^H995 him that is before^H6440 thee;

2 ♥ 📝 And put^H7760 a knife^H7915 to thy throat,^H3930 If thou be a man given^H1167 to appetite.^H5315

3 ♥ 📝 Be not desirous^H183 of his dainties;^H4303 Seeing they are deceitful^H3577 food.^H3899

4 ♥ 📝 Weary^H3021 not thyself to be rich;^H6238 Cease^H2308 from thine own wisdom.^H998

5 ♥ 📝 Wilt thou set^H5774 thine eyes^H5869 upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly^H6213 make^H6213 themselves wings,^H3671 Like an eagle^H5404 that flieth^H5774 toward heaven.^H8064

6 ♥ 📝 Eat^H3898 thou not the bread^H3899 of him that hath an evil^H7451 eye,^H5869 Neither desire^H183 thou his dainties:^H4303

7 ♥ 📝 For as he thinketh^H8176 within^H5315 himself, so is he: Eat^H398 and drink,^H8354 saith^H559 he to thee; But his heart^H3820 is not with thee.

8 ♥ 📝 The morsel^H6595 which thou hast eaten^H398 shalt thou vomit up,^H6958 And lose^H7843 thy sweet^H5273 words.^H1697

9 ♥ 📝 Speak^H1696 not in the hearing^H241 of a fool;^H3684 For he will despise^H936 the wisdom^H7922 of thy words.^H4405

10 ♥ 📝 Remove^H5253 not the ancient^H5769 landmark;^H1366 And enter^H935 not into the fields^H7704 of the fatherless:^H3490

11 ♥ 📝 For their Redeemer^H1350 is strong;^H2389 He will plead^H7378 their cause^H7379 against thee.

12 ♥ 📝 Apply^H935 thy heart^H3820 unto instruction,^H4148 And thine ears^H241 to the words^H561 of knowledge.^H1847

13 ♥ 📝 Withhold^H4513 not correction^H4148 from the child;^H5288 [For] if thou beat^H5221 him with the rod,^H7626 he will not die.^H4191

14 ♥ 📝 Thou shalt beat^H5221 him with the rod,^H7626 And shalt deliver^H5337 his soul^H5315 from Sheol.^H7585

15 ♥ 📝 My son,^H1121 if thy heart^H3820 be wise,^H2449 My heart^H3820 will be glad,^H8055 even mine:^H589

16 ♥ 📝 Yea, my heart^H3629 will rejoice,^H5937 When thy lips^H8193 speak^H1696 right things.^H4339

17 ♥ 📝 Let not thy heart^H3820 envy^H7065 sinners;^H2400 But [be thou] in the fear^H3374 of Jehovah^H3068 all the day^H3117 long:

18 ♥ 📝 For surely there is^H3426 a reward;^H319 And thy hope^H8615 shall not be cut off.^H3772

19 ♥ 📝 Hear^H8085 thou, my son,^H1121 and be wise,^H2449 And guide^H833 thy heart^H3820 in the way.^H1870

20 ♥ 📝 Be not among winebibbers,^H3196 Among gluttonous eaters^H2151 of flesh:^H1320

21 ♥ 📝 For the drunkard^H5433 and the glutton^H2151 shall come to poverty;^H3423 And drowsiness^H5124 will clothe^H3847 [a man] with rags.^H7168

22 ♥ 📝 Hearken^H8085 unto thy father^H1 that begat^H3205 thee, And despise^H936 not thy mother^H517 when she is old.^H2204

23 ♥ 📝 Buy^H7069 the truth,^H571 and sell^H4376 it not; [Yea], wisdom,^H2451 and instruction,^H4148 and understanding.^H998

24 ♥ 📝 The father^H1 of the righteous^H6662 will greatly^H1524 rejoice;^H1523 And he that begetteth^H3205 a wise^H2450 child will have joy^H8055 of him.

25 ♥ 📝 Let thy father^H1 and thy mother^H517 be glad,^H8055 And let her that bare^H3205 thee rejoice.^H1523

26 ♥ 📝 My son,^H1121 give^H5414 me thy heart;^H3820 And let thine eyes^H5869 delight^H7521 in my ways.^H1870

27 ♥ 📝 For a harlot^H2181 is a deep^H6013 ditch;^H7745 And a foreign woman^H5237 is a narrow^H6862 pit.^H875

28 ♥ 📝 Yea, she lieth in wait^H693 as a robber,^H2863 And increaseth^H3254 the treacherous^H898 among men.^H120

29 ♥ 📝 Who hath woe?^H188 who hath sorrow?^H17 who hath contentions?^H4079 Who hath complaining?^H7879 who hath wounds^H6482 without cause?^H2600 Who hath redness^H2448 of eyes?^H5869

30 ♥ 📝 They that tarry long^H309 at the wine;^H3196 They that go^H935 to seek^H2713 out mixed wine.^H4469

31 ♥ 📝 Look^H7200 not thou upon the wine^H3196 when it is red,^H119 When it^H5414 sparkleth^H5869 in the cup,^H3563 When it goeth^H1980 down smoothly:^H4339

32 ♥ 📝 At the last^H319 it biteth^H5391 like a serpent,^H5175 And stingeth^H6567 like an adder.^H6848

33 ♥ 📝 Thine eyes^H5869 shall behold^H7200 strange things,^H2114 And thy heart^H3820 shall utter^H1696 perverse things.^H8419

34 ♥ 📝 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down^H7901 in the midst^H3820 of the sea,^H3220 Or as he that lieth^H7901 upon the top^H7218 of a mast.^H2260

35 ♥ 📝 They have stricken^H5221 me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt;^H2470 They have beaten^H1986 me, and I felt^H3045 it not: When shall I awake?^H6974 I will seek^H1245 it yet^H3254 again.