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  23:1 ¶
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; |
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23:1 ¶
When°
thou sittest°°
to eat°°
with°
a ruler,°°
consider°°
diligently°°°
what°
[is] before°
thee: |
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23:2
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. |
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23:2
And put°°
a knife°
to thy throat,°
if°
thou°
[be] a man°
given°
to appetite.° |
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23:3
Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food. |
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23:3
Be not°
desirous°°
of his dainties:°
for they°
[are] deceitful°
meat.° |
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23:4
Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. |
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23:4
Labour°°
not°
to be rich:°°
cease°°
from°
thine own wisdom.° |
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23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. |
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23:5
Wilt thou set°°°°
thine eyes°
upon that which is not?°
for°
[riches] certainly°°
make°°
themselves wings;°
they fly away°°°°
as an eagle°
toward heaven.° |
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23:6
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties: |
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23:6
Eat°°
thou not°°
the bread°
of [him that hath] an evil°
eye,°
neither°
desire°°
thou his dainty meats:° |
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23:7
For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee. |
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23:7
For°
as°
he thinketh°°
in his heart,°
so°
[is] he:°
Eat°°
and drink,°°
saith°°
he to thee; but his heart°
[is] not°
with thee.° |
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23:8
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words. |
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23:8
The morsel°
[which] thou hast eaten°°
shalt thou vomit up,°°
and lose°°
thy sweet°
words.° |
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23:9
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
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23:9
Speak°°
not°
in the ears°
of a fool:°
for°
he will despise°°
the wisdom°
of thy words.° |
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23:10
Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: |
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23:10
Remove°°
not°
the old°
landmark;°
and enter°°
not°
into the fields°
of the fatherless:° |
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23:11
For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee. |
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23:11
For°
their redeemer°°
[is] mighty;°
he°
shall plead°°°
their cause°
with°
thee. |
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23:12
Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge. |
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23:12
Apply°°
thine heart°
unto instruction,°
and thine ears°
to the words°
of knowledge.° |
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23:13
Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. |
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23:13
Withhold°°
not°
correction°
from the child:°°
for°
[if] thou beatest°°
him with the rod,°
he shall not°
die.°° |
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23:14
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. |
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23:14
Thou°
shalt beat°°
him with the rod,°
and shalt deliver°°
his soul°
from hell.°° |
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23:15
My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine: |
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23:15
My son,°
if°
thine heart°
be wise,°°
my heart°
shall rejoice,°°
even°
mine.° |
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23:16
Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things. |
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23:16
Yea, my reins°
shall rejoice,°°
when thy lips°
speak°°
right things.° |
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23:17
Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long: |
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23:17
Let not°
thine heart°
envy°°
sinners:°
but°
[be thou] in the fear°
of the LORD°
all°
the day°
long. |
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23:18
For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off. |
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23:18
For°
surely°
there is°
an end;°
and thine expectation°
shall not°
be cut off.°° |
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23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way. |
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23:19
Hear°°
thou,°
my son,°
and be wise,°°
and guide°°
thine heart°
in the way.° |
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23:20
Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: |
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23:20
Be°
not°
among winebibbers;°°°
among riotous eaters°°
of flesh:° |
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23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags. |
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23:21
For°
the drunkard°°
and the glutton°°
shall come to poverty:°°
and drowsiness°
shall clothe°°
[a man] with rags.° |
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23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. |
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23:22
Hearken°°
unto thy father°
that°
begat°°
thee, and despise°°
not°
thy mother°
when°
she is old.°° |
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23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
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23:23
Buy°°
the truth,°
and sell°°
[it] not;°
[also] wisdom,°
and instruction,°
and understanding.° |
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23:24
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. |
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23:24
The father°
of the righteous°
shall greatly°
rejoice:°°
and he that begetteth°°
a wise°
[child] shall have joy°°
of him. |
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23:25
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice. |
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23:25
Thy father°
and thy mother°
shall be glad,°°
and she that bare°°
thee shall rejoice.°° |
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23:26
My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways. |
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23:26
My son,°
give°°
me thine heart,°
and let thine eyes°
observe°°°
my ways.° |
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23:27
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. |
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23:27
For°
a whore°°
[is] a deep°
ditch;°
and a strange°
woman°
[is] a narrow°
pit.° |
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23:28
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men. |
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23:28
She°
also°
lieth in wait°°
as [for] a prey,°
and increaseth°°
the transgressors°°
among men.° |
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23:29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? |
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23:29
Who°
hath woe?°
who°
hath sorrow?°
who°
hath contentions?°°°
who°
hath babbling?°
who°
hath wounds°
without cause?°
who°
hath redness°
of eyes?° |
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23:30
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine. |
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23:30
They that tarry long°°
at°
the wine;°
they that go°°
to seek°°
mixed wine.° |
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23:31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly: |
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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.° |
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23:32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder. |
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23:32
At the last°
it biteth°°
like a serpent,°
and stingeth°°
like an adder.° |
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23:33
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things. |
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23:33
Thine eyes°
shall behold°°
strange women,°°
and thine heart°
shall utter°°
perverse things.° |
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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. |
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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.° |
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23:35
They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. |
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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.° |
