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World English Bible

Proverbs 23 (WEBP)

[1] When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
[2] put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
[3] Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
[4] Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
[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.
[6] Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
[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.
[8] You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
[9] Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
[10] Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
[11] for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
[12] Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
[13] Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
[14] Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
[15] My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
[16] Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
[17] Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
[18] Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
[19] Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
[20] Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
[21] for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
[22] Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
[23] Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
[24] The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
[25] Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
[26] My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
[27] For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
[28] Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
[29] Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
[30] Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
[31] Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
[32] In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
[33] Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
[34] Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
[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 will look for more.”

Proverbs 23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Proverbs 23 (KJVS)

[1] When thou sittest () to eat () with a ruler, () Consider () diligently () what is before thee:
[2] And put () a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
[3] Be not desirous () of his dainties: For they are deceitful meat.
[4] Labour () not to be rich: () Cease () from thine own wisdom.
[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.
[6] Eat () thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire () thou his dainty meats:
[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.
[8] The morsel which thou hast eaten () shalt thou vomit up, () And lose () thy sweet words.
[9] Speak () not in the ears of a fool: For he will despise () the wisdom of thy words.
[10] Remove () not the old landmark; And enter () not into the fields of the fatherless:
[11] For their redeemer () is mighty; He shall plead () their cause with thee.
[12] Apply () thine heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
[13] Withhold () not correction from the child: For if thou beatest () him with the rod, he shall not die. ()
[14] Thou shalt beat () him with the rod, And shalt deliver () his soul from hell.
[15] My son, if thine heart be wise, () My heart shall rejoice, () even mine.
[16] Yea, my reins shall rejoice, () When thy lips speak () right things.
[17] Let not thine heart envy () sinners: But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
[18] For surely there is an end; And thine expectation shall not be cut off. ()
[19] Hear () thou, my son, and be wise, () And guide () thine heart in the way.
[20] Be not among winebibbers; () Among riotous eaters () of flesh:
[21] For the drunkard () and the glutton () shall come to poverty: () And drowsiness shall clothe () a man with rags.
[22] Hearken () unto thy father that begat () thee, And despise () not thy mother when she is old. ()
[23] Buy () the truth, and sell () it not; Also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
[24] The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: () And he that begetteth () a wise child shall have joy () of him.
[25] Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, () And she that bare () thee shall rejoice. ()
[26] My son, give () me thine heart, And let thine eyes observe () () my ways.
[27] For a whore () is a deep ditch; And a strange woman is a narrow pit.
[28] She also lieth in wait () as for a prey, And increaseth () the transgressors () among men.
[29] Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? () Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
[30] They that tarry long () at the wine; They that go () to seek () mixed wine.
[31] Look () not thou upon the wine when it is red, () When it giveth () his colour in the cup, () When it moveth () itself aright.
[32] At the last it biteth () like a serpent, And stingeth () like an adder.
[33] Thine eyes shall behold () strange women, () And thine heart shall utter () perverse things.
[34] Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down () in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth () upon the top of a mast.
[35] They have stricken () me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; () They have beaten () me, and I felt () it not: When shall I awake? () I will seek () it yet () again.

Proverbs 23:5 Heb. wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly upon?
Proverbs 23:10 Or, bound
Proverbs 23:15 Or, even I will rejoice
Proverbs 23:18 Or, reward
Proverbs 23:20 Heb. of their flesh
Proverbs 23:28 Or, as a robber
Proverbs 23:32 Or, a cockatrice
Proverbs 23:34 Heb. in the heart of the sea
Proverbs 23:35 Heb. I knew it not

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Proverbs 23 (BYZ)

[1] εαν καθισης δειπνειν επι τραπεζης δυναστων νοητως νοει τα παρατιθεμενα σοι
[2] και επιβαλλε την χειρα σου ειδως οτι τοιαυτα σε δει παρασκευασαι
[3] ει δε απληστοτερος ει μη επιθυμει των εδεσματων αυτου ταυτα γαρ εχεται ζωης ψευδους
[4] μη παρεκτεινου πενης ων πλουσιω τη δε ση εννοια αποσχου
[5] εαν επιστησης το σον ομμα προς αυτον ουδαμου φανειται κατεσκευασται γαρ αυτω πτερυγες ωσπερ αετου και υποστρεφει εις τον οικον του προεστηκοτος αυτου
[6] μη συνδειπνει ανδρι βασκανω μηδε επιθυμει των βρωματων αυτου
[7] ον τροπον γαρ ει τις καταπιοι τριχα ουτως εσθιει και πινει
[8] μηδε προς σε εισαγαγης αυτον και φαγης τον ψωμον σου μετ αυτου εξεμεσει γαρ αυτον και λυμανειται τους λογους σου τους καλους
[9] εις ωτα αφρονος μηδεν λεγε μηποτε μυκτηριση τους συνετους λογους σου
[10] μη μεταθης ορια αιωνια εις δε κτημα ορφανων μη εισελθης
[11] ο γαρ λυτρουμενος αυτους κυριος κραταιος εστιν και κρινει την κρισιν αυτων μετα σου
[12] δος εις παιδειαν την καρδιαν σου τα δε ωτα σου ετοιμασον λογοις αισθησεως
[13] μη αποσχη νηπιον παιδευειν οτι εαν παταξης αυτον ραβδω ου μη αποθανη
[14] συ μεν γαρ παταξεις αυτον ραβδω την δε ψυχην αυτου εκ θανατου ρυση
[15] υιε εαν σοφη γενηται σου η καρδια ευφρανεις και την εμην καρδιαν
[16] και ενδιατριψει λογοις τα σα χειλη προς τα εμα χειλη εαν ορθα ωσιν
[17] μη ζηλουτω η καρδια σου αμαρτωλους αλλα εν φοβω κυριου ισθι ολην την ημεραν
[18] εαν γαρ τηρησης αυτα εσται σοι εκγονα η δε ελπις σου ουκ αποστησεται
[19] ακουε υιε και σοφος γινου και κατευθυνε εννοιας σης καρδιας
[20] μη ισθι οινοποτης μηδε εκτεινου συμβολαις κρεων τε αγορασμοις
[21] πας γαρ μεθυσος και πορνοκοπος πτωχευσει και ενδυσεται διερρηγμενα και ρακωδη πας υπνωδης
[22] ακουε υιε πατρος του γεννησαντος σε και μη καταφρονει οτι γεγηρακεν σου η μητηρ …
[24] καλως εκτρεφει πατηρ δικαιος επι δε υιω σοφω ευφραινεται η ψυχη αυτου
[25] ευφραινεσθω ο πατηρ και η μητηρ επι σοι και χαιρετω η τεκουσα σε
[26] δος μοι υιε σην καρδιαν οι δε σοι οφθαλμοι εμας οδους τηρειτωσαν
[27] πιθος γαρ τετρημενος εστιν αλλοτριος οικος και φρεαρ στενον αλλοτριον
[28] ουτος γαρ συντομως απολειται και πας παρανομος αναλωθησεται
[29] τινι ουαι τινι θορυβος τινι κρισις τινι αηδιαι και λεσχαι τινι συντριμματα δια κενης τινος πελειοι οι οφθαλμοι
[30] ου των εγχρονιζοντων εν οινοις ου των ιχνευοντων που ποτοι γινονται
[31] μη μεθυσκεσθε οινω αλλα ομιλειτε ανθρωποις δικαιοις και ομιλειτε εν περιπατοις εαν γαρ εις τας φιαλας και τα ποτηρια δως τους οφθαλμους σου υστερον περιπατησεις γυμνοτερος υπερου
[32] το δε εσχατον ωσπερ υπο οφεως πεπληγως εκτεινεται και ωσπερ υπο κεραστου διαχειται αυτω ο ιος
[33] οι οφθαλμοι σου οταν ιδωσιν αλλοτριαν το στομα σου τοτε λαλησει σκολια
[34] και κατακειση ωσπερ εν καρδια θαλασσης και ωσπερ κυβερνητης εν πολλω κλυδωνι
[35] ερεις δε τυπτουσιν με και ουκ επονεσα και ενεπαιξαν μοι εγω δε ουκ ηδειν ποτε ορθρος εσται ινα ελθων ζητησω μεθ ων συνελευσομαι