1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee; DBY — Proverbs 23:1
2 and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. DBY — Proverbs 23:2
3 Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food. DBY — Proverbs 23:3
4 Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence: DBY — Proverbs 23:4
5 wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens. DBY — Proverbs 23:5
6 Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties. DBY — Proverbs 23:6
7 For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee. DBY — Proverbs 23:7
8 Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words. DBY — Proverbs 23:8
9 Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. DBY — Proverbs 23:9
10 Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: DBY — Proverbs 23:10
11 for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee. DBY — Proverbs 23:11
12 Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. DBY — Proverbs 23:12
13 Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die: DBY — Proverbs 23:13
14 thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. DBY — Proverbs 23:14
15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine; DBY — Proverbs 23:15
16 and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things. DBY — Proverbs 23:16
17 Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day; DBY — Proverbs 23:17
18 for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. DBY — Proverbs 23:18
19 Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way. DBY — Proverbs 23:19
20 Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh. DBY — Proverbs 23:20
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags. DBY — Proverbs 23:21
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. DBY — Proverbs 23:22
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. DBY — Proverbs 23:23
24 The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him: DBY — Proverbs 23:24
25 let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice. DBY — Proverbs 23:25
26 My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. DBY — Proverbs 23:26
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. DBY — Proverbs 23:27
28 She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men. DBY — Proverbs 23:28
29 Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes? DBY — Proverbs 23:29
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine. DBY — Proverbs 23:30
31 Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly: DBY — Proverbs 23:31
32 at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. DBY — Proverbs 23:32
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things; DBY — Proverbs 23:33
34 and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast: DBY — Proverbs 23:34
35 “They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.” DBY — Proverbs 23:35