Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 23
When you sit to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before you;Sir 31:13
put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
since they are deceitful food.
Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.1Ti 6:6; 1Ti 6:9
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
and don’t crave his delicacies,Sir 14:10
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten
and waste your pleasant words.
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.Pro 9:8
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,Pro 22:28
for their Defender is strong.
He will plead their case against you.Pro 22:23
Apply your heart to instruction,
and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Don’t withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.Pro 13:24
Punish him with the rod,
and save his soul from Sheol.23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.
My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad, even mine.Pro 27:11
Yes, my heart will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners,
but rather fear Yahweh all day long.Psa 37:1; Pro 24:1
Indeed surely there is a future hope,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my son, and be wise,
and keep your heart on the right path!
Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine,
or those who gorge themselves on meat;Rom 13:13; Eph 5:18
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.Pro 21:17
Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.Pro 1:8
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.Pro 10:1; Pro 15:20
Let your father and your mother be glad!
Let her who bore you rejoice!
My son, give me your heart;
and let your eyes keep in my ways.Mat 15:19; Mrk 7:6
For a prostitute is a deep pit;
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.Sir 19:2
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
and increases 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 stay long at the wine;
those who go to seek out mixed wine.Isa 5:11
Don’t look at the 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 things,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.Eph 5:18; 1Jn 2:16
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:
“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.”Isa 56:12