Proverbs 23 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Pro 23:1

Pro 23:1If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before thee:

Pro 23:2

Pro 23:2and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats: but if thou art very insatiable,

Pro 23:3

Pro 23:3desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.

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Pro 23:4If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.

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Pro 23:5If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.

Pro 23:6

Pro 23:6Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats:

Pro 23:7

Pro 23:7so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:

Pro 23:8

Pro 23:8for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.

Pro 23:9

Pro 23:9Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.

Pro 23:10

Pro 23:10Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

Pro 23:11

Pro 23:11for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.

Pro 23:12

Pro 23:12Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.

Pro 23:13

Pro 23:13Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

Pro 23:14

Pro 23:14For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death.

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Pro 23:15Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart;

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Pro 23:16and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.

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Pro 23:17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Pro 23:18

Pro 23:18For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed.

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Pro 23:19Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.

Pro 23:20

Pro 23:20Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:

Pro 23:21

Pro 23:21for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.

Pro 23:22

Pro 23:22Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old.

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Pro 23:23See Explanation

Pro 23:24

Pro 23:24A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son.

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Pro 23:25Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.

Pro 23:26

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

Pro 23:27

Pro 23:27For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.

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Pro 23:28For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off.

Pro 23:29

Pro 23:29Who has woe? who trouble? who has quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who has bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid?

Pro 23:30

Pro 23:30Are not those of them that stay long at wine? are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse with them [fn]openly.

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Pro 23:31For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle.

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Pro 23:32But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.

Pro 23:33

Pro 23:33Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, then thy mouth shall speak perverse things.

Pro 23:34

Pro 23:34And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm.

Pro 23:35

Pro 23:35And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?

BES Footnotes

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Gr. in public walks.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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