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Proverbs 23

The father warns against craving a ruler's delicacies, exhausting oneself to be rich, envying sinners, withholding correction, immoral women, and lingering over wine that finally bites like a serpent.

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Verses 1–3Show restraint when eating before a ruler Verses 4–5Do not wear yourself out for riches that quickly fly away Verses 6–8Do not eat the bread of one with an evil eye Verses 9–11Do not waste wisdom on a fool or remove old landmarks from the fatherless Verses 12–16Apply the heart to instruction and rejoice when wise truth is spoken Verses 17–18Do not envy sinners; continue in the fear of the LORD with hope Verses 19–28Be wise about appetite, drunkenness, parents, truth, and the danger of the strange woman Verses 29–35The misery, deception, and bondage of drunkenness

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1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently…2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be…3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful…4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?…6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an…7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:…8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,…9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he…10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the…11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause…12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the…13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest…14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver…15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall…16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right…17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in…18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall…19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine…20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:…22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not…23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and…24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he…25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she…26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes…27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange…28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and…29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who…30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go…31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,…32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth…33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall…34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in…35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was…