Proverbs - Chapter 23 - New International Version
- When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what "is before you,
- and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
- Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
- Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
- Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
- for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. ""Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
- You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
- Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
- Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
- Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
- Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
- Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
- My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
- my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
- Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
- There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
- Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:
- Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
- for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
- Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- Buy the truth and do not sell it — wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
- The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
- May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
- My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,
- for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
- Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
- Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
- Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
- Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
- In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
- Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
- You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
- "They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?"