Proverbs 23
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, thou shalt consider well, what is before thee;
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well what is before thee;
2 And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
For thou wilt put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man given to appetite!
3 Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
Long not for his dainties. For they are deceitful meat.
4 Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
Toil not to become rich; Cease from this, thy wisdom.
5 Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
Wilt thou let thine eyes fly toward them? They are gone! For riches truly make to themselves wings; They fly away like the eagle toward heaven.
6 Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
Eat not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, And long not for his dainties;
7 For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
8 As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.
The morsel, which thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit up; And thou wilt have thrown away thy sweet words.
9 In the ears of a dullard, do not speak, for he will despise the good sense of thy words.
Speak not in the ears of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
Remove not the ancient landmark, And enter not into the fields of the fatherless!
11 For, their near of kin, is strong, he, will plead their cause with thee.
For their avenger is mighty; He will maintain their cause against thee.
12 Bring, to correction, thy heart, and thine ears, to the sayings of knowledge.
Apply thy heart to instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Withhold not correction from a child; If thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Beat him thyself with the rod, And thou shalt rescue him from the underworld. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son! if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart shall rejoice, even mine;
16 So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.
Yea, my reins shall exult, When thy lips speak right things.
17 Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;
Let not thy heart envy sinners, But continue thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long;
18 For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
For surely there shall be a reward, And thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise; And let thy heart go forward in the way!
20 Do not be among them who tipple with wine, —among them who are gluttons;
Be not thou among winebibbers, And riotous eaters of flesh;
21 For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him:
The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice; Yea, he who begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him.
25 Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.
Let thy father and thy mother have joy; Yea, let her that bore thee rejoice!
26 Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;
My son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways!
27 For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;
For a harlot is a deep ditch; Yea, a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.
Like a robber she lieth in wait, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
29 Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who anxiety? Who wounds without cause? Who dimness of eyes?
30 They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine.
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go in to seek mixed wine.
31 Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly.
32 Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:
Thine eyes will look upon strange women, And thy heart will utter perverse things.
34 So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, —or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:
Yea, thou shalt be as one that lieth down in the midst of the sea, And as one that lieth down upon the top of a mast.
35 They smote me—I felt no pain, They struck me down—I noticed it not, —When shall I wake up? I will go on, I will seek it, again!
They have stricken me [[shalt thou say]], —I suffered no pain! They have beaten me, —I felt it not! When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
