1
|
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him that is before thee; |
2
|
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. |
3
|
Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful meat. |
4
|
Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom. |
5
|
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for {cf15i riches} certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. |
6
|
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties: |
7
|
For as he reckoneth within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. |
8
|
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. |
9
|
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
10
|
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: |
11
|
For their redeemer is strong; he shall plead their cause against thee. |
12
|
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. |
13
|
Withhold not correction from the child: {cf15i for} if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die. |
14
|
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. |
15
|
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall be glad, even mine: |
16
|
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. |
17
|
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but {cf15i be thou} in the fear of the LORD all the day long: |
18
|
For surely there is a reward; and thy hope shall not be cut off. |
19
|
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. |
20
|
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh: |
21
|
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {cf15i a man} with rags. |
22
|
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. |
23
|
Buy the truth, and sell it not; {cf15i yea}, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
24
|
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. |
25
|
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bare thee rejoice. |
26
|
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways. |
27
|
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. |
28
|
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men. |
29
|
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? |
30
|
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek out mixed wine. |
31
|
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly. |
32
|
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. |
33
|
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thine heart shall utter froward things. |
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. |
35
|
They have stricken me, {cf15i shalt thou say}, and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. |
Proverbs 23:35 English Language Bible Words basic statistical display
COMING SOON ...