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Proverbs 23
Proverbs 23
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
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When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,
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and stick a knife in your throat if you have a big appetite;
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don't desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.
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Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it.
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As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
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Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food,
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for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
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You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
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Don't speak to a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.
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Don't move an ancient property line, and don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
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for their Redeemer is strong, and He will take up their case against you.
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Apply yourself to instruction and listen to words of knowledge.
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Don't withhold correction from a youth; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
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Strike him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.
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My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will indeed rejoice.
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My innermost being will cheer when your lips say what is right.
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Don't be jealous of sinners; instead, always fear the LORD.
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For then you will have a future, and your hope will never fade.
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Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course.
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Don't associate with those who drink too much wine, or with those who gorge themselves on meat.
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For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and grogginess will clothe [them] in rags.
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Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
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Buy-- and do not sell-- truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly, and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
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Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.
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My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
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For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a forbidden woman is a narrow well;
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indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases those among men who are unfaithful.
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has conflicts? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
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Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
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Don't gaze at wine when it is red, when it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly.
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In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
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Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say absurd things.
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You'll be like someone sleeping out at sea or lying down on the top of a ship's mast.
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"They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn't know it! When will I wake up? I'll look for another [drink]."
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