Chapter

Proverbs 23

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Book 1

Verses 35

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Proverbs 23:1	When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 23:2	And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:3	Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs 23:4	Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 23:5	Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:6	Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Proverbs 23:7	For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23:8	The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Proverbs 23:9	Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23:10	Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Proverbs 23:11	For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs 23:12	Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13	Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:14	Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs 23:15	My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs 23:16	Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Proverbs 23:17	Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs 23:18	For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:19	Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Proverbs 23:20	Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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