Proverbs 23

1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee,YLT — Proverbs 23:1

2 And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.YLT — Proverbs 23:2

3 Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food.YLT — Proverbs 23:3

4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.YLT — Proverbs 23:4

5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.YLT — Proverbs 23:5

6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,YLT — Proverbs 23:6

7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, ‘Eat and drink,’ saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee.YLT — Proverbs 23:7

8 Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet.YLT — Proverbs 23:8

9 In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.YLT — Proverbs 23:9

10 Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,YLT — Proverbs 23:10

11 For their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.YLT — Proverbs 23:11

12 Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.YLT — Proverbs 23:12

13 Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.YLT — Proverbs 23:13

14 Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.YLT — Proverbs 23:14

15 My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,YLT — Proverbs 23:15

16 And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.YLT — Proverbs 23:16

17 Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But — in the fear of Jehovah all the day.YLT — Proverbs 23:17

18 For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.YLT — Proverbs 23:18

19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,YLT — Proverbs 23:19

20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,YLT — Proverbs 23:20

21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.YLT — Proverbs 23:21

22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.YLT — Proverbs 23:22

23 Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,YLT — Proverbs 23:23

24 The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.YLT — Proverbs 23:24

25 Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.YLT — Proverbs 23:25

26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.YLT — Proverbs 23:26

27 For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.YLT — Proverbs 23:27

28 She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.YLT — Proverbs 23:28

29 Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?YLT — Proverbs 23:29

30 Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.YLT — Proverbs 23:30

31 See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.YLT — Proverbs 23:31

32 Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.YLT — Proverbs 23:32

33 Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.YLT — Proverbs 23:33

34 And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.YLT — Proverbs 23:34

35 ’They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake — I seek it yet again!’YLT — Proverbs 23:35