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  23:1 ¶
If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set 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 apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such [meats]: but if thou art very insatiable, |
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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
desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life. |
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23:3
Be not°
desirous°°
of his dainties:°
for they°
[are] deceitful°
meat.° |
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23:4
If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom. |
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23:4
Labour°°
not°
to be rich:°°
cease°°
from°
thine own wisdom.° |
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23:5
If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master. |
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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
Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats: |
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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
so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him: |
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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
for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair 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
Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise 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 landmarks; and enter not upon the possession 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 the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with 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 thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion. |
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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
Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall 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
For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death. |
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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
Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart; |
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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
and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right. |
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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 thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day. |
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23:17
Let not°
thine heart°
envy°°
sinners:°
but°
[be thou] in the fear°
of Yahweh°
all°
the day°
long. |
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23:18
For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed. |
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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, [my] son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart. |
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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 a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh: |
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23:20
Be°
not°
among winebibbers;°°°
among riotous eaters°°
of flesh:° |
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23:21
for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments. |
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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, [my] son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not [thy mother] because she is grown 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
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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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
A righteous father brings up [his children] well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son. |
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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 rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad. |
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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 thine heart, and let thine eyes observe 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 strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow. |
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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
For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off. |
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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 [has] woe? who trouble? who [has] quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who [has] bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid? |
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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
Are not those of them that stay long at wine? [are] not [those] of them that haunt [the places] where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse [with them] openly. |
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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
For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle. |
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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
But at last [such a one] stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent. |
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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
Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, then thy mouth shall speak 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
And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm. |
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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
And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company? |
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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.° |
