23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what {is} before thee: 
23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what {is} before thee: 

23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou {art} a man given to appetite. 
23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou {art} a man given to appetite. 

23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they {are} deceitful food. 
23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they {are} deceitful food. 

23:4 Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom. 
23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom. 

23:5 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. 
23:5 Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for {riches} certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 

23:6 Eat thou not the bread of {him that hath} an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties: 
23:6 Eat thou not the bread of {him that hath} an evil eye, neither desire thou his delicacies: 

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. 
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. 

23:8 The morsel {which} thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 
23:8 The morsel {which} thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 

23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. 
23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. 

23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 
23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 

23:11 For their redeemer {is} mighty; he will plead their cause with thee. 
23:11 For their redeemer {is} mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. 

23:12 Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge. 
23:12 Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge. 

23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for {if} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 
23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for {if} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 

23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 
23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 

23:15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 
23:15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 

23:16 Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. 
23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. 

23:17 Let not thy heart envy sinners: but {be thou} in the fear of the LORD all the day long. 
23:17 Let not thy heart envy sinners: but {be thou} in the fear of the LORD all the day long. 

23:18 For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 
23:18 For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 

23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way. 
23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way. 

23:20 Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 
23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh: 

23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags. 
23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags. 

23:22 Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 
23:22 Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 

23:23 Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 
23:23 Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 

23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him. 
23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him. 

23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice. 
23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice. 

23:26 My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways. 
23:26 My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways. 

23:27 For a lewd woman {is} a deep ditch; and a strange woman {is} a narrow pit. 
23:27 For an harlot {is} a deep ditch; and an adulteress {is} a narrow pit. 

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. 

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? 

23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 
23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 

23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, {when} it moveth itself aright. 
23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, {when} it moveth itself aright. 

23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 
23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 

23:33 Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things. 
23:33 Thy eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter perverse things. 

23:34 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. 
23:34 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. 

23:35 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. 
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.