1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee, YLT — Proverbs 23:1
2 And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite. YLT — Proverbs 23:2
3 Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food. YLT — Proverbs 23:3
4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. YLT — Proverbs 23:4
5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens. YLT — Proverbs 23:5
6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties, YLT — Proverbs 23:6
7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, ‘Eat and drink,’ saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee. YLT — Proverbs 23:7
8 Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet. YLT — Proverbs 23:8
9 In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words. YLT — Proverbs 23:9
10 Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not, YLT — Proverbs 23:10
11 For their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee. YLT — Proverbs 23:11
12 Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge. YLT — Proverbs 23:12
13 Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. YLT — Proverbs 23:13
14 Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest. YLT — Proverbs 23:14
15 My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine, YLT — Proverbs 23:15
16 And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly. YLT — Proverbs 23:16
17 Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But — in the fear of Jehovah all the day. YLT — Proverbs 23:17
18 For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off. YLT — Proverbs 23:18
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, YLT — Proverbs 23:19
20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, YLT — Proverbs 23:20
21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags. YLT — Proverbs 23:21
22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old. YLT — Proverbs 23:22
23 Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding, YLT — Proverbs 23:23
24 The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him. YLT — Proverbs 23:24
25 Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful. YLT — Proverbs 23:25
26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways. YLT — Proverbs 23:26
27 For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit. YLT — Proverbs 23:27
28 She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth. YLT — Proverbs 23:28
29 Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? YLT — Proverbs 23:29
30 Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine. YLT — Proverbs 23:30
31 See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright. YLT — Proverbs 23:31
32 Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth. YLT — Proverbs 23:32
33 Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things. YLT — Proverbs 23:33
34 And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast. YLT — Proverbs 23:34
35 ’They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake — I seek it yet again!’ YLT — Proverbs 23:35