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Proverbs 23 (New International Version)

Proverbs 23

1 When you sit to dine with a
ruler,
note well what is before
you,

2 and put a knife to your
throat
if you are given to gluttony.

3 Do not crave his
delicacies,
for that food is deceptive.

4 Do not wear yourself out to
get rich;
have the wisdom to show
restraint.

5 Cast but a glance at
riches, and they are gone,
for they
will surely sprout wings
and fly off to
the sky like an eagle.

6 Do not eat the food of a
stingy man,
do not crave his
delicacies;

7 for he is the kind of man

who is always thinking about the cost.

"Eat and drink," he says to you,
but
his heart is not with you.

8 You will vomit up the
little you have eaten
and will have
wasted your compliments.

9 Do not speak to a fool,

for he will scorn the wisdom of your
words.

10 Do not move an ancient
boundary stone
or encroach on the
fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Defender is
strong;
he will take up their case
against you.

12 Apply your heart to
instruction
and your ears to words of
knowledge.

13 Do not withhold discipline
from a child;
if you punish him with
the rod, he will not die.

14 Punish him with the rod

and save his soul from death.

15 My son, if your heart is
wise,
then my heart will be glad;

16 my inmost being will
rejoice
when your lips speak what is
right.

17 Do not let your heart envy
sinners,
but always be zealous for the
fear of the LORD.

18 There is surely a future
hope for you,
and your hope will not be
cut off.

19 Listen, my son, and be
wise,
and keep your heart on the right
path.

20 Do not join those who
drink too much wine
or gorge themselves
on meat,

21 for drunkards and gluttons
become poor,
and drowsiness clothes
them in rags.

22 Listen to your father, who
gave you life,
and do not despise your
mother when she is old.

23 Buy the truth and do not
sell it;
get wisdom, discipline and
understanding.

24 The father of a righteous
man has great joy;
he who has a wise
son delights in him.

25 May your father and mother
be glad;
may she who gave you birth
rejoice!

26 My son, give me your heart

and let your eyes keep to my ways,

27 for a prostitute is a deep
pit
and a wayward wife is a narrow
well.

28 Like a bandit she lies in
wait,
and multiplies the unfaithful
among men.

29 Who has woe? Who has
sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has
complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?

30 Those who linger over
wine,
who go to sample bowls of mixed
wine.

31 Do not gaze at wine when
it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,

when it goes down smoothly!

32 In the end it bites like a
snake
and poisons like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange
sights
and your mind imagine confusing
things.

34 You will be like one
sleeping on the high seas,
lying on top
of the rigging.

35 "They hit me," you will
say, "but I'm not hurt!
They beat me,
but I don't feel it!
When will I wake
up
so I can find another drink?"

Footnotes:

Proverbs
23:1 Or who

Proverbs
23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts
on a feast, / so he is

Proverbs
23:14 Hebrew Sheol

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