(KJV) Proverbs 23

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⥃Saying 7 ^{[ 1 Timothy 6:17–19 † James 5:1–6 ]}

[1] When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:¹ [2] And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.² [3] Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.³

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[4] Labour⁴ not to be rich: cease⁵ from thine own wisdom. [5] Wilt thou⁶ set thine eyes upon⁷ that which⁸ is not? for [riches⁹] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

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[6] Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an¹⁰ evil eye, neither desire¹¹ thou his dainty meats: [7] For as¹² he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat¹³ 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.

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[9] Speak¹⁴ not in the¹⁵ ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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[10] Remove¹⁶ not the old landmark¹⁷; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless¹⁸: [11] For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.¹⁹

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[12] Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.²⁰

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[13] Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.²¹ [14] Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.²²

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[15] My son²³, if²⁴ thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine²⁵. [16] Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy²⁶ lips speak right things.

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[17] Let not²⁷ thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou²⁸] in the fear of the Lord all the day long. [18] For surely²⁹ there is an end³⁰; and thine³¹ expectation shall not be cut off.

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[19] Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide³² thine heart in the way³³. [20] Be not³⁴ among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh³⁵: [21] For the drunkard³⁶ and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness³⁷ shall clothe [a man] with rags.

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[22] Hearken³⁸ unto thy father that begat thee, and despise³⁹ not thy mother when she is old. [23] Buy⁴⁰ the truth, and sell⁴¹ [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. [24] The father⁴² of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have⁴³ joy of him. [25] Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she⁴⁴ that bare thee shall rejoice.

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[26] My son⁴⁵, give⁴⁶ me thine heart, and let⁴⁷ thine eyes observe my ways. [27] For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.⁴⁸ [28] She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey⁴⁹, and increaseth⁵⁰ the transgressors among men.

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[29] Who hath woe⁵¹? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness⁵² of eyes? [30] They that tarry⁵³ long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed⁵⁴ 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.⁵⁵ [32] At⁵⁶ the last it biteth⁵⁷ like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder⁵⁸. [33] Thine eyes⁵⁹ shall behold strange women, and⁶⁰ thine heart shall utter perverse things. [34] Yea, thou⁶¹ shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst⁶² of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. [35] They have stricken⁶³ me, [shalt thou say], [and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not⁶⁴: when shall I awake? I will⁶⁵ seek it yet again.

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