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Proverbs 23:1-35

23:1

When thou sittest
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to eat
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with a ruler
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consider
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diligently
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what [is] before
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thee:

23:2

And put
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a knife
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to thy throat
<03930>_,

if thou [be] a man given
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to appetite
<05315>_.

23:3

Be not desirous
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of his dainties
<04303>_:

for they [are] deceitful
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meat
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23:4

Labour
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not to be rich
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cease
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from thine own wisdom
<0998>_.

23:5

Wilt thou set
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thine eyes
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upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly
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make
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themselves wings
<03671>_;

they fly away
<05774> (8799) (8675) <05774> (8687)

as an eagle
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toward heaven
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{set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}

23:6

Eat
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thou not the bread
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of [him that hath] an evil
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eye
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neither desire
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thou his dainty meats
<04303>_:

23:7

For as he thinketh
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in his heart
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so [is] he: Eat
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and drink
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saith
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he to thee; but his heart
<03820>

[is] not with thee.

23:8

The morsel
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[which] thou hast eaten
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shalt thou vomit up
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and lose
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thy sweet
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words
<01697>_.

23:9

Speak
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not in the ears
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of a fool
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for he will despise
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the wisdom
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of thy words
<04405>_.

23:10

Remove
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not the old
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landmark
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and enter
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not into the fields
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of the fatherless
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{landmark: or, bound}

23:11

For their redeemer
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[is] mighty
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he shall plead
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their cause
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with thee.

23:12

Apply
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thine heart
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unto instruction
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and thine ears
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to the words
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of knowledge
<01847>_.

23:13

Withhold
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not correction
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from the child
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for [if] thou beatest
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him with the rod
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he shall not die
<04191> (8799)_.

23:14

Thou shalt beat
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him with the rod
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and shalt deliver
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his soul
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from hell
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23:15

My son
<01121>_,

if thine heart
<03820>

be wise
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my heart
<03820>

shall rejoice
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even mine
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{even...: or, even I will rejoice}

23:16

Yea, my reins
<03629>

shall rejoice
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when thy lips
<08193>

speak
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right things
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23:17

Let not thine heart
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envy
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sinners
<02400>_:

but [be thou] in the fear
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of the LORD
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all the day
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long.

23:18

For surely there is
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an end
<0319>_;

and thine expectation
<08615>

shall not be cut off
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{end: or, reward}

23:19

Hear
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thou, my son
<01121>_,

and be wise
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and guide
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thine heart
<03820>

in the way
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23:20

Be not among winebibbers
<03196> <05433> (8802)_;

among riotous eaters
<02151> (8802)

of flesh
<01320>_:

{of flesh: Heb. of their flesh}

23:21

For the drunkard
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and the glutton
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shall come to poverty
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and drowsiness
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shall clothe
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[a man] with rags
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23:22

Hearken
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unto thy father
<01>

that begat
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thee, and despise
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not thy mother
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when she is old
<02204> (8804)_.

23:23

Buy
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the truth
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and sell
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[it] not; [also] wisdom
<02451>_,

and instruction
<04148>_,

and understanding
<0998>_.

23:24

The father
<01>

of the righteous
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shall greatly
<01524>

rejoice
<01523> (8799)_:

and he that begetteth
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a wise
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[child] shall have joy
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of him.

23:25

Thy father
<01>

and thy mother
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shall be glad
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and she that bare
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thee shall rejoice
<01523> (8799)_.

23:26

My son
<01121>_,

give
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me thine heart
<03820>_,

and let thine eyes
<05869>

observe
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my ways
<01870>_.

23:27

For a whore
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[is] a deep
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ditch
<07745>_;

and a strange woman
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[is] a narrow
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pit
<0875>_.

23:28

She also lieth in wait
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as [for] a prey
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and increaseth
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the transgressors
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among men
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{as for...: or, as a robber}

23:29

Who hath woe
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who hath sorrow
<017>_?

who hath contentions
<04079> (8675) <04066>_?

who hath babbling
<07879>_?

who hath wounds
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without cause
<02600>_?

who hath redness
<02448>

of eyes
<05869>_?

23:30

They that tarry long
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at the wine
<03196>_;

they that go
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to seek
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mixed wine
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23:31

Look
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not thou upon the wine
<03196>

when it is red
<0119> (8691)_,

when it giveth
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his colour
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in the cup
<03563> (8675) <03599>_,

[when] it moveth
<01980> (8691)

itself aright
<04339>_.

23:32

At the last
<0319>

it biteth
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like a serpent
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and stingeth
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like an adder
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{an...: or, a cockatrice}

23:33

Thine eyes
<05869>

shall behold
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strange women
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and thine heart
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shall utter
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perverse things
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23:34

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down
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in the midst
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of the sea
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or as he that lieth
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upon the top
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of a mast
<02260>_.

{the midst...: Heb. the heart of the sea}

23:35

They have stricken
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me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick
<02470> (8804)_;

they have beaten
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me, [and] I felt
<03045> (8804)

[it] not: when shall I awake
<06974> (8686)_?

I will seek
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it yet
<03254> (8686)

again. {I felt...: Heb. I knew it not}