ASV_Strong : Proverbs 23
1. When thou sittest[H3427] to eat[H3898] with a ruler[H4910], Consider[H995] diligently[H995] him that is before thee[H6440];
2. And put[H7760] a knife[H7915] to thy throat[H3930], If thou be a man given[H1167] to appetite[H5315].
3. Be not desirous[H183] of his dainties[H4303]; Seeing they are deceitful[H3577] food[H3899].
4. Weary[H3021] not thyself to be rich[H6238]; Cease[H2308] from thine own wisdom[H998].
5. Wilt thou set[H5774] thine eyes[H5869] upon that which is not[H6213]? For riches certainly make[H6213] themselves wings[H3671], Like an eagle[H5404] that flieth[H5774] toward heaven[H8064].
6. Eat[H3898] thou not the bread[H3899] of him that hath an evil[H7451] eye[H5869], Neither desire[H183] thou his dainties[H4303]:
7. For as he thinketh[H8176] within[H5315] himself[H398], so is he: Eat and drink[H8354], saith[H559] he to thee[H3820]; But his heart is not with thee.
8. The morsel[H6595] which thou hast eaten[H398] shalt thou vomit up[H6958], And lose[H7843] thy sweet[H5273] words[H1697].
9. Speak[H1696] not in the hearing[H241] of a fool[H3684]; For he will despise[H936] the wisdom[H7922] of thy words[H4405].
10. Remove[H5253] not the ancient[H5769] landmark[H1366]; And enter[H935] not into the fields[H7704] of the fatherless[H3490]:
11. For their Redeemer[H1350] is strong[H2389]; He will plead[H7378] their cause against thee[H7379].
12. Apply[H935] thy heart[H3820] unto instruction[H4148], And thine ears[H241] to the words[H561] of knowledge[H1847].
13. Withhold[H4513] not correction[H4148] from the child[H5288]; For if thou beat[H5221] him with the rod[H7626], he will not die[H4191].
14. Thou shalt beat[H5221] him with the rod[H7626], And shalt deliver[H5337] his soul[H5315] from Sheol[H7585].
15. My son[H1121], if thy heart[H3820] be wise[H2449], My heart[H3820] will be glad[H8055], even mine[H589]:
16. Yea[H3629], my heart will rejoice[H5937], When thy lips[H8193] speak[H1696] right things[H4339].
17. Let not thy heart[H3820] envy[H7065] sinners[H2400]; But be thou in the fear[H3374] of Jehovah[H3068] all the day long[H3117]:
18. For surely there is[H3426] a reward[H319]; And thy hope[H8615] shall not be cut off[H3772].
19. Hear[H8085] thou[H1121], my son, and be wise[H2449], And guide[H833] thy heart[H3820] in the way[H1870].
20. Be not among winebibbers[H3196], Among gluttonous eaters[H2151] of flesh[H1320]:
21. For the drunkard[H5433] and the glutton[H2151] shall come to poverty[H3423]; And drowsiness[H5124] will clothe[H3847] a man with rags[H7168].
22. Hearken[H8085] unto thy father[H1] that begat[H3205] thee[H936], And despise not thy mother[H517] when she is old[H2204].
23. Buy[H7069] the truth[H571], and sell[H4376] it not[H2451]; Yea, wisdom, and instruction[H4148], and understanding[H998].
24. The father[H1] of the righteous[H6662] will greatly[H1524] rejoice[H1523]; And he that begetteth[H3205] a wise[H2450] child will have joy of him[H8055].
25. Let thy father[H1] and thy mother[H517] be glad[H8055], And let her that bare[H3205] thee rejoice[H1523].
26. My son[H1121], give[H5414] me thy heart[H3820]; And let thine eyes[H5869] delight[H7521] in my ways[H1870].
27. For a harlot[H2181] is a deep[H6013] ditch[H7745]; And a foreign woman[H5237] is a narrow[H6862] pit[H875].
28. Yea[H693], she lieth in wait as a robber[H2863], And increaseth[H3254] the treacherous[H898] among men[H120].
29. Who hath woe[H188]? who hath sorrow[H17]? who hath contentions[H4079]? Who hath complaining[H7879]? who hath wounds[H6482] without cause[H2600]? Who hath redness[H2448] of eyes[H5869]?
30. They that tarry long[H309] at the wine[H3196]; They that go[H935] to seek[H2713] out mixed wine[H4469].
31. Look[H7200] not thou upon the wine[H3196] when it is red[H119], When it[H5414] sparkleth[H5869] in the cup[H3563], When it goeth[H1980] down smoothly[H4339]:
32. At the last[H319] it biteth[H5391] like a serpent[H5175], And stingeth[H6567] like an adder[H6848].
33. Thine eyes[H5869] shall behold[H7200] strange things[H2114], And thy heart[H3820] shall utter[H1696] perverse things[H8419].
34. Yea[H7901], thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst[H3820] of the sea[H3220], Or as he that lieth[H7901] upon the top[H7218] of a mast[H2260].
35. They have stricken[H5221] me[H2470], shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; They have beaten[H1986] me[H3045], and I felt it not[H6974]: When shall I awake? I will seek[H1245] it yet again[H3254].
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