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