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On Life and Conduct |
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| Proverbs 23:1 |
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When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider
carefully what is before you, |
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| Proverbs 23:2 |
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And put a knife to your throat If you are a
man of great appetite. |
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| Proverbs 23:3 |
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Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive
food. |
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| Proverbs 23:4 |
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Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease
from your consideration of it. |
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| Proverbs 23:5 |
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When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For
wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. |
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| Proverbs 23:6 |
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Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire
his delicacies; |
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| Proverbs 23:7 |
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For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He
says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you. |
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| Proverbs 23:8 |
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You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,
And waste your compliments. |
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| Proverbs 23:9 |
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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he
will despise the wisdom of your words. |
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| Proverbs 23:10 |
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Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into
the fields of the fatherless, |
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| Proverbs 23:11 |
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For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead
their case against you. |
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| Proverbs 23:12 |
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Apply your heart to discipline And your ears
to words of knowledge. |
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| Proverbs 23:13 |
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Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. |
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| Proverbs 23:14 |
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You shall strike him with the rod And rescue
his soul from Sheol. |
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| Proverbs 23:15 |
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My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart
also will be glad; |
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| Proverbs 23:16 |
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And my inmost being will rejoice When your lips
speak what is right. |
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| Proverbs 23:17 |
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Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live
in the fear of the LORD always. |
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| Proverbs 23:18 |
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Surely there is a future, And your hope will
not be cut off. |
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| Proverbs 23:19 |
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Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your
heart in the way. |
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| Proverbs 23:20 |
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Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with
gluttonous eaters of meat; |
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| Proverbs 23:21 |
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For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come
to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags. |
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| Proverbs 23:22 |
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Listen to your father who begot you, And do
not despise your mother when she is old. |
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| Proverbs 23:23 |
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Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and
instruction and understanding. |
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| Proverbs 23:24 |
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The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him. |
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| Proverbs 23:25 |
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Let your father and your mother be glad, And
let her rejoice who gave birth to you. |
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| Proverbs 23:26 |
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Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes
delight in my ways. |
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| Proverbs 23:27 |
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For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous
woman is a narrow well. |
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| Proverbs 23:28 |
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Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases
the faithless among men. |
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| Proverbs 23:29 |
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions?
Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? |
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| Proverbs 23:30 |
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Those who linger long over wine, Those who go
to taste mixed wine. |
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| Proverbs 23:31 |
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Do not look on the wine when it is red, When
it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly; |
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| Proverbs 23:32 |
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At the last it bites like a serpent And stings
like a viper. |
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| Proverbs 23:33 |
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Your eyes will see strange things And your mind
will utter perverse things. |
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| Proverbs 23:34 |
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And you will be like one who lies down in the
middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast. |
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| Proverbs 23:35 |
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"They struck me, but I did not become ill; They
beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink." |
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