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Proverbs 23 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:1 - When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:2 - and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3 - Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:6 - Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:7 - for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:8 - you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 - Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:12 - Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13 - Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:14 - If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:15 - My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:16 - my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17 - Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the LORD all the time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:18 - For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:19 - Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:20 - Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:21 - because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:23 - Acquire truth and do not sell it - wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24 - The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:25 - May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 - Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:30 - Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:31 - Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:33 - Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:34 - And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink."
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