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| Proverbs 23:1 | When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee, | When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee; | When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face. | When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: |
| Proverbs 23:2 | And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite. | and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. | And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power. | And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite. |
| Proverbs 23:3 | Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food. | Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food. | Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit. | Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food. |
| Proverbs 23:4 | Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. | Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence: | Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence. | Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom. |
| Proverbs 23:5 | For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens. | wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens. | Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven. | Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven. |
| Proverbs 23:6 | Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties, | Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties. | Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats: | Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties: |
| Proverbs 23:7 | For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, `Eat and drink,` saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee. | For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee. | Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee. | For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. |
| Proverbs 23:8 | Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet. | Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words. | The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words. | The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. |
| Proverbs 23:9 | In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words. | Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. | Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech. | Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| Proverbs 23:10 | Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not, | Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: | Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless: | Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: |
| Proverbs 23:11 | For their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee. | for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee. | For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee. | For their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause with thee. |
| Proverbs 23:12 | Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge. | Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. | Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to words of knowledge. | Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge. |
| Proverbs 23:13 | Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. | Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die: | Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. | Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. |
| Proverbs 23:14 | Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest. | thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. | Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell. | Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. |
| Proverbs 23:15 | My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine, | My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine; | My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee: | My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. |
| Proverbs 23:16 | And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly. | and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things. | And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right. | Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. |
| Proverbs 23:17 | Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But in the fear of Jehovah all the day. | Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day; | Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long: | Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. |
| Proverbs 23:18 | For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off. | for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. | Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away. | For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off. |
| Proverbs 23:19 | Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, | Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way. | Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way. | Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way. |
| Proverbs 23:20 | Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, | Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh. | Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat: | Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: |
| Proverbs 23:21 | For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags. | For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags. | Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags. | For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. |
| Proverbs 23:22 | Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old. | Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. | Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old. | Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. |
| Proverbs 23:23 | Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding, | Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. | Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. | Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| Proverbs 23:24 | The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him. | The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him: | The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him. | The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. |
| Proverbs 23:25 | Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful. | let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice. | Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee. | Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice. |
| Proverbs 23:26 | Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways. | My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. | My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways. | My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways. |
| Proverbs 23:27 | For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit. | For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. | For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit. | For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. |
| Proverbs 23:28 | She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth. | She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men. | She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill. | She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. |
| Proverbs 23:29 | Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? | Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes? | Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who hath contentions? who falls into pits? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? | Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? |
| Proverbs 23:30 | Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine. | They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine. | Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink of their cups. | They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. |
| Proverbs 23:31 | See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright. | Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly: | Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly, | Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. |
| Proverbs 23:32 | Its latter end as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth. | at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. | But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk. | At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. |
| Proverbs 23:33 | Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things. | Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things; | Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things. | Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things. |
| Proverbs 23:34 | And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast. | and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast: | And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost. | And 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. |
| Proverbs 23:35 | `They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake I seek it yet again!` | ''They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'' | And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake, and find wine again? | They have stricken me, wilt 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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