1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently what is before you; WEB — Proverbs 23:1
2 Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite. WEB — Proverbs 23:2
3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, Seeing they are deceitful food. WEB — Proverbs 23:3
4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. WEB — Proverbs 23:4
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. WEB — Proverbs 23:5
6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, And don't crave his delicacies: WEB — Proverbs 23:6
7 For as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you. WEB — Proverbs 23:7
8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words. WEB — Proverbs 23:8
9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. WEB — Proverbs 23:9
10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless: WEB — Proverbs 23:10
11 For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you. WEB — Proverbs 23:11
12 Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge. WEB — Proverbs 23:12
13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. WEB — Proverbs 23:13
14 Punish him with the rod, And save his soul from Sheol. WEB — Proverbs 23:14
15 My son, if your heart is wise, Then my heart will be glad, even mine: WEB — Proverbs 23:15
16 Yes, my heart will rejoice, When your lips speak what is right. WEB — Proverbs 23:16
17 Don't let your heart envy sinners; But rather fear Yahweh all the day long. WEB — Proverbs 23:17
18 Indeed surely there is a future hope, And your hope will not be cut off. WEB — Proverbs 23:18
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, And keep your heart on the right path! WEB — Proverbs 23:19
20 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, Or those who gorge themselves on meat: WEB — Proverbs 23:20
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags. WEB — Proverbs 23:21
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, And don't despise your mother when she is old. WEB — Proverbs 23:22
23 Buy the truth, and don't sell it: Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. WEB — Proverbs 23:23
24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. WEB — Proverbs 23:24
25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice! WEB — Proverbs 23:25
26 My son, give me your heart; And let your eyes keep in my ways. WEB — Proverbs 23:26
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well. WEB — Proverbs 23:27
28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, And increases the unfaithful among men. WEB — Proverbs 23:28
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? WEB — Proverbs 23:29
30 Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine. WEB — Proverbs 23:30
31 Don't look at the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly: WEB — Proverbs 23:31
32 At the last it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper. WEB — Proverbs 23:32
33 Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will imagine confusing things. WEB — Proverbs 23:33
34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or as he who lies on top of the rigging: WEB — Proverbs 23:34
35 “They hit me, and I was not hurt; They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.” WEB — Proverbs 23:35