Proverbs 23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler , consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat , if thou be a man given to appetite . Be not desirous of his dainties : for they are deceitful meat . Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom . Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven . Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye , neither desire thou his dainty meats : For as he thinketh in his heart , so is he: Eat and drink , saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up , and lose thy sweet words . Speak not in the ears of a fool : for he will despise the wisdom of thy words . Remove not the old landmark ; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless : For their redeemer is mighty ; he shall plead their cause with thee. Apply thine heart unto instruction , and thine ears to the words of knowledge . Withhold not correction from the child : for if thou beatest him with the rod , he shall not die . Thou shalt beat him with the rod , and shalt deliver his soul from hell . My son , if thine heart be wise , my heart shall rejoice , even mine . Yea, my reins shall rejoice , when thy lips speak right things . Let not thine heart envy sinners : but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. For surely there is an end ; and thine expectation shall not be cut off . Hear thou, my son , and be wise , and guide thine heart in the way . Be not among winebibbers; ; among riotous eaters of flesh : For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags . Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old . Buy the truth , and sell it not; also wisdom , and instruction , and understanding . The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice : and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad , and she that bare thee shall rejoice . My son , give me thine heart , and let thine eyes observe my ways . For a whore is a deep ditch ; and a strange woman is a narrow pit . She also lieth in wait as for a prey , and increaseth the transgressors among men . Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? ? who hath babbling ? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine . Look not thou upon the wine when it is red , when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright . At the last it biteth like a serpent , and stingeth like an adder . Thine eyes shall behold strange women , and thine heart shall utter perverse things . 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 . 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.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:04:31 +0000
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