Proverbs 23

1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:KJVSD — Proverbs 23:1

2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:2

3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:3

4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:4

5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:5

6 Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: KJVSD — 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.KJVSD — Proverbs 23:7

8 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:8

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:9

10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: KJVSD — Proverbs 23:10

11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.KJVSD — Proverbs 23:11

12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:12

13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:13

14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:14

15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:15

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:16

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.KJVSD — Proverbs 23:17

18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:18

19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:19

20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: KJVSD — Proverbs 23:20

21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:21

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:22

23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:23

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.KJVSD — Proverbs 23:24

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:25

26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:26

27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:27

28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. KJVSD — 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? KJVSD — Proverbs 23:29

30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:30

31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:31

32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:32

33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:33

34 Yea, 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. KJVSD — Proverbs 23:34

35 They have stricken me, [shalt 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.KJVSD — Proverbs 23:35