Proverbs 23
1 If you will sit down to eat with a ruler carefully you will consider [that] which [is] before you.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
2 And you will put a knife in throat your if [are] a master of appetite you.
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
3 May not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his and it [is] food of lies.
Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.
4 May not you labor to gain riches from understanding your cease.
Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 (¿ Do you cause to fly *Q(K)*) eyes your on it and there not [is] it for certainly it makes for itself wings like an eagle (it flies away *Q(K)*) the heavens.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6 May not you eat [the] food of a [person] evil of eye and may not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his.
Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
7 For - as he calculates in self his [is] so he eat and drink he says to you and heart his not [is] with you.
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink." he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 Morsel your [which] you have eaten you will vomit up it and you will spoil words your pleasant.
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
9 In [the] ears of a fool may not you speak for he will despise [the] insight of words your.
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 May not you displace a boundary of antiquity and in [the] fields of fatherless ones may not you go.
Do not move the ancient boundary stone. Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
11 For redeemer their [is] strong he he will conduct case their with you.
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
12 Bring! to discipline heart your and ears your to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 May not you withhold from a youth discipline for you will strike him with the rod not he will die.
Do not withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
15 O son my if it is wise heart your it will rejoice heart my also I.
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
16 So they may rejoice kidneys my when speak lips your uprightness.
yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.
17 May not it be jealous heart of your sinners that except in [the] fear of Yahweh all the day.
Do not let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear the LORD all the day long.
18 That except there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Listen O you son my and be wise and guide in the way heart your.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.
20 May not you be among drunkards of wine among gluttons of meat themselves.
Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
21 For a drunkard and a glutton he will become impoverished and rags it will clothe [them] drowsiness.
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22 Listen to father your who he begot you and may not you despise if she is old mother your.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Truth buy and may not you sell [it] wisdom and discipline and understanding.
Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24 (Certainly he rejoices *Q(k)*) [the] father of a righteous [son] (and [one who] begets *Q(K)*) a wise [son] (he rejoices *Q(K)*) in him.
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25 May he rejoice father your and mother your and may she rejoice [the] [one who] bore you.
Let your father and your mother be glad. Let her who bore you rejoice.
26 Give! O son my heart your to me and eyes your ways my (let them observe. *Q(K)*)
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
27 For [is] a pit deep a prostitute and [is] a well narrow a foreign [woman].
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Also she like a robber she lies in wait and treacherous [people] among humankind she increases.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
29 [belongs] to Whom? woe [belongs] to whom? woe! [belong] to whom? (contentions *Q(K)*) [belongs] to whom? complaint [belong] to whom? wounds without cause [belongs] to whom? dullness of eyes.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 To [those who] delay over the wine to [those who] go to examine mixed wine.
Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 May not you see wine for it will be red if it will give (in the cup *Q(K)*) eye its it will go with smoothness.
Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
32 End its like a snake it will bite and like a viper it will sting.
In the end, it bites like a serpent, and poisons like a viper.
33 Eyes your they will see strange [things] and heart your it will speak perverse things.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 And you will be like [one who] lies down in [the] heart of [the] sea and like [one who] lies down at [the] top of a mast.
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
35 They struck me not I am sick they beat me not I know when? will I awake I will repeat I will seek it again.
"They hit me, and I was not hurt. They beat me, and I do not feel it. When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
