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CHAP. XXIII.
1When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.
2And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitfull meate.
4Labour not to bee rich: cease from thine owne wisedome.4
5Wilt thou set thine eyes vpon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselues wings, they fly away as an Eagle toward heauen.5
6Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euill eye, neither desire thou his dainty meates.
8The morsell which thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomite vp, and loose thy sweete words.
9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisedome of thy words.
10Remoue not the old landmarke; and enter not into the fields of the fatherlesse.10
11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.11
12Apply thine heart vnto instruction, and thine eares to the words of knowledge.
13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.13
14Thou shalt beate him with the rod, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.
15My sonne, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall reioyce, euen mine.15
16Yea my reines shall reioyce, when thy lippes speake right things.
17Let not thine heart enuy sinners, but be thou in the feare of the Lord all the day long.17
18For surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.18
19Heare thou, my sonne, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20Be not amongst wine-bibbers; amongst riotous eaters of flesh.20
22Hearken vnto thy father that begate thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.22
23Buy the trueth, and sell it not; also wisedome and instruction and vnderstanding.
24The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wise child, shall haue ioy of him.24
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
26My sonne, giue me thine heart, and let thine eyes obserue my wayes.
27For an whore is a deepe ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.27
28She also lyeth in wait as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours among men.28
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath rednesse of eyes?29
30They that tarry long at the wine, they that goe to seeke mixt wine.
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.32
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall vtter peruerse things.
34Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.34
35They haue striken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sicke: they haue beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seeke it yet againe.35
Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Proverbs Chapter 23
4 1.Tim.6.9. 10.
5 Heb. wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly vpon?
10 Chap. 22. 28. deut. 19 14. and 27. 17. , Or, bound.
11 Chap. 22. 23. iob. 31. 21.
13 Chap. 13. 24. and 19. 18. and 22. 15.
15 Or, euen I wil reioyce.
17 Chap. 24. 1. and 3. 31. psal.37.1. and 73.3.
18 Chap. 24. 14. , Or, reward
20 Rom.13. 13. eph.5. 18. , Heb. of their flesh.
22 Chap.1.8.
24 Chap.10. 1. & 15.20.
27 Chap.22. 14.
28 Chap.7. 12. , Or, as a robber.
29 Isay.5.11.
32 Or, acockatrice.
34 Heb. in the heart of the sea.
35 Heb. I knew it not.
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