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  23:1 ¶
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: |
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23:1 ¶
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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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: for they [are] deceitful meat. |
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Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat. |
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23:4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. |
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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; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. |
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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 dainty meats: |
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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 in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee. |
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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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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 ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
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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 old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: |
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Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: |
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23:11
For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. |
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For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. |
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23:12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. |
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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 beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. |
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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 hell. |
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Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. |
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23:15
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. |
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My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. |
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23:16
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. |
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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 Yahweh all the day long. |
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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 an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. |
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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 thine heart in the way. |
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 riotous eaters of flesh: |
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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 shall clothe [a man] with rags. |
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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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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; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
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Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
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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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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
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. |
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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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My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. |
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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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For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit. |
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23:28
She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. |
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 babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? |
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 mixed wine. |
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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 giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. |
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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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At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. |
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23:33
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. |
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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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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 sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. |
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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. |
