Proverbs 23 (BSB)
1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,consider carefully what is set before you, 2 and put a knife to your throatif you possess a great appetite. 3 Do not crave his delicacies,for that food is deceptive. 4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;be wise enough to restrain yourself. 5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears,for it makes wings for itselfand flies like an eagle to the sky. 6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man,and do not crave his delicacies; 7 for he is keeping track,inwardly counting the cost.“Eat and drink,” he says to you,but his heart is not with you. 8 You will vomit up what little you have eatenand waste your pleasant words. 9 Do not speak to a fool,for he will despise the wisdom of your words. 10 Do not move an ancient boundary stoneor encroach on the fields of the fatherless, 11 for their Redeemer is strong;He will take up their case against you. 12 Apply your heart to instructionand your ears to words of knowledge. 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. 14 Strike him with a rod,and you will deliver his soul from Sheol. 15 My son, if your heart is wise,my own heart will indeed rejoice. 16 My inmost being will rejoicewhen your lips speak what is right. 17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,but always continue in the fear of the LORD. 18 For surely there is a future,and your hope will not be cut off. 19 Listen, my son, and be wise,and guide your heart on the right course. 20 Do not join those who drink too much wineor gorge themselves on meat. 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,and drowsiness will clothe them in rags. 22 Listen to your father who gave you life,and do not despise your mother when she is old. 23 Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. 24 The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice,and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him. 25 May your father and mother be glad,and may she who gave you birth rejoice! 26 My son, give me your heart,and let your eyes delight in my ways. 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit,and an adulteress is a narrow well. 28 Like a robber she lies in waitand multiplies the faithless among men. 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?Who has contentions? Who has complaints?Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? 30 Those who linger over wine,who go to taste mixed drinks. 31 Do not gaze at wine while it is red,when it sparkles in the cupand goes down smoothly. 32 In the end it bites like a snakeand stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things,and your mind will utter perversities. 34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seasor lying on the top of a mast: 35 “They struck me, but I feel no pain!They beat me, but I did not know it!When can I wake upto search for another drink?”
In Other Versions
Proverbs 23 in the ANGEFD
Proverbs 23 in the ANTPNG2D
Proverbs 23 in the AS21
Proverbs 23 in the BAGH
Proverbs 23 in the BBPNG
Proverbs 23 in the BBT1E
Proverbs 23 in the BDS
Proverbs 23 in the BEV
Proverbs 23 in the BHAD
Proverbs 23 in the BIB
Proverbs 23 in the BLPT
Proverbs 23 in the BNT
Proverbs 23 in the BNTABOOT
Proverbs 23 in the BNTLV
Proverbs 23 in the BOATCB
Proverbs 23 in the BOATCB2
Proverbs 23 in the BOBCV
Proverbs 23 in the BOCNT
Proverbs 23 in the BOECS
Proverbs 23 in the BOGWICC
Proverbs 23 in the BOHCB
Proverbs 23 in the BOHCV
Proverbs 23 in the BOHLNT
Proverbs 23 in the BOHNTLTAL
Proverbs 23 in the BOICB
Proverbs 23 in the BOILNTAP
Proverbs 23 in the BOITCV
Proverbs 23 in the BOKCV
Proverbs 23 in the BOKCV2
Proverbs 23 in the BOKHWOG
Proverbs 23 in the BOKSSV
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Proverbs 23 in the BOMCV
Proverbs 23 in the BONAV
Proverbs 23 in the BONCB
Proverbs 23 in the BONLT
Proverbs 23 in the BONUT2
Proverbs 23 in the BOPLNT
Proverbs 23 in the BOSCB
Proverbs 23 in the BOSNC
Proverbs 23 in the BOTLNT
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Proverbs 23 in the BOYCB
Proverbs 23 in the BPBB
Proverbs 23 in the BPH
Proverbs 23 in the CCB
Proverbs 23 in the CUV
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Proverbs 23 in the DBT
Proverbs 23 in the DGDNT
Proverbs 23 in the DHNT
Proverbs 23 in the DNT
Proverbs 23 in the ELBE
Proverbs 23 in the EMTV
Proverbs 23 in the ESV
Proverbs 23 in the FBV
Proverbs 23 in the FEB
Proverbs 23 in the GGMNT
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Proverbs 23 in the HARY
Proverbs 23 in the HNT
Proverbs 23 in the IRVA
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Proverbs 23 in the IRVT2
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Proverbs 23 in the JSNT
Proverbs 23 in the KAPI
Proverbs 23 in the KBT1ETNIK
Proverbs 23 in the KBV
Proverbs 23 in the KJV
Proverbs 23 in the KNFD
Proverbs 23 in the LBA
Proverbs 23 in the LBLA
Proverbs 23 in the LNT
Proverbs 23 in the LSV
Proverbs 23 in the MAAL
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Proverbs 23 in the MBV2
Proverbs 23 in the MHNT
Proverbs 23 in the MKNFD
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Proverbs 23 in the MRS1T
Proverbs 23 in the NAA
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Proverbs 23 in the NBS
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Proverbs 23 in the NNT3
Proverbs 23 in the PDDPT
Proverbs 23 in the PFNT
Proverbs 23 in the RMNT
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Proverbs 23 in the SBIBS2
Proverbs 23 in the SBICS
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Proverbs 23 in the VBL
Proverbs 23 in the VDCC
Proverbs 23 in the YALU
Proverbs 23 in the YAPE
Proverbs 23 in the YBVTP
Proverbs 23 in the ZBP
