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Proverbs 23

35 verses · King James Version

  1. 1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what before thee:Compare translations of Proverbs 23:1
  2. 2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou a man given to appetite.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:2
  3. 3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they deceitful meat.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:3
  4. 4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:4
  5. 5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:5
  6. 6Eat thou not the bread of an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:Compare translations of Proverbs 23:6
  7. 7For as he thinketh in his heart, so he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart not with thee.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:7
  8. 8The morsel thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:8
  9. 9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:9
  10. 10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:Compare translations of Proverbs 23:10
  11. 11For their redeemer mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:11
  12. 12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:12
  13. 13Withhold not correction from the child: for thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:13
  14. 14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:14
  15. 15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:15
  16. 16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:16
  17. 17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but in the fear of the LORD all the day long.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:17
  18. 18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:18
  19. 19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:19
  20. 20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:Compare translations of Proverbs 23:20
  21. 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe with rags.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:21
  22. 22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:22
  23. 23Buy the truth, and sell not; wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:23
  24. 24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise shall have joy of him.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:24
  25. 25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:25
  26. 26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:26
  27. 27For a whore a deep ditch; and a strange woman a narrow pit.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:27
  28. 28She also lieth in wait as a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:28
  29. 29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?Compare translations of Proverbs 23:29
  30. 30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:30
  31. 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, it moveth itself aright.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:31
  32. 32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:32
  33. 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:33
  34. 34Yea, 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.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:34
  35. 35They have stricken me, I was not sick; they have beaten me, I felt not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.Compare translations of Proverbs 23:35