20_PRO_23_01 when thou sittest to eat with A ruler , consider diligently what [ Is ] before thee :
20_PRO_23_02 And put A knife to thy throat , if thou [ be ] A man given to appetite .
20_PRO_23_03 be not desirous of his dainties : for they [ are ] deceitful meat .
20_PRO_23_04 labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom .
20_PRO_23_05 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which Is not ? for [ riches ] certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven .
20_PRO_23_06 eat thou not the bread of [ him that hath ] an evil eye , neither desire thou his dainty meats :
20_PRO_23_07 for as he thinketh in his heart , So [ Is ] he : eat And drink , saith he to thee ; but his heart [ Is ] not with thee .
20_PRO_23_08 the morsel [ which ] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up , And lose thy sweet words .
20_PRO_23_09 speak not in the ears of A fool : for he will despise the wisdom of thy words .
20_PRO_23_10 remove not the old landmark ; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless :
20_PRO_23_11 for their Redeemer [ Is ] mighty ; he shall plead their cause with thee .
20_PRO_23_12 apply thine heart unto instruction , And thine ears to the words of knowledge .
20_PRO_23_13 Withhold not correction from the child : for [ if ] thou beatest him with the rod , he shall not die .
20_PRO_23_14 thou shalt beat him with the rod , And shalt deliver his soul from hell .
20_PRO_23_15 my son , if thine heart be wise , my heart shall Rejoice , even mine .
20_PRO_23_16 yea , my reins shall Rejoice , when thy lips speak right things .
20_PRO_23_17 let not thine heart envy sinners : but [ be thou ] in the Fear of the LORD all the day long .
20_PRO_23_18 for surely there Is an end ; And thine expectation shall not be cut off .
20_PRO_23_19 hear thou , my son , And be wise , And guide thine heart in the way .
20_PRO_23_20 be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh :
20_PRO_23_21 for the drunkard And the glutton shall come to poverty : And drowsiness shall clothe [ A man ] with rags .
20_PRO_23_22 hearken unto thy Father that begat thee , And despise not thy mother when she Is old .
20_PRO_23_23 buy the truth , And sell [ it ] not ; [ also ] wisdom , And instruction , And understanding .
20_PRO_23_24 the Father of the righteous shall greatly Rejoice : And he that begetteth A wise [ child ] shall have joy of him .
20_PRO_23_25 thy Father And thy mother shall be glad , And she that bare thee shall Rejoice .
20_PRO_23_26 my son , give me thine heart , And let thine eyes observe my ways .
20_PRO_23_27 for A whore [ Is ] A deep ditch ; And A strange woman [ Is ] A narrow pit .
20_PRO_23_28 she also lieth in wait as [ for ] A prey , And increaseth the transgressors among men .
20_PRO_23_29 who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling ? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ?
20_PRO_23_30 they that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine .
20_PRO_23_31 Look not thou upon the wine when it Is red , when it giveth his colour in the cup , [ when ] it moveth itself aright .
20_PRO_23_32 at the last it biteth like A serpent , And stingeth like an adder .
20_PRO_23_33 thine eyes shall behold strange women , And thine heart shall utter perverse things .
20_PRO_23_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 .
20_PRO_23_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 .