KJV-Parallel Bibles
1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what 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: for they are deceitful meat.
4. Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6. Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7. 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. The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9. Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11. For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12. Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13. Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15. My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16. Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17. Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation 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 riotous eaters of flesh:
21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe 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; also 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. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27. For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30. They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse 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, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
1. When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
2. And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
3. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
4. Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
5. Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
6. Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
7. For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
8. The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
9. Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
10. Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
11. For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
12. Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13. Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
14. Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
15. My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
16. And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
17. Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
18. For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19. Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
20. Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
21. For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
22. Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
23. Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
24. The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
25. Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
26. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
27. For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
28. Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
29. Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
30. Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
31. Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
32. In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
33. Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
34. Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
35. They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
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