Proverbs 23 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

On Life and Conduct

Pro 23:1

Pro 23:1When you sit to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently what is before you;

Pro 23:2

Pro 23:2Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.

Pro 23:3

Pro 23:3Don't be desirous of his dainties, Seeing they are deceitful food.

Pro 23:4

Pro 23:4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Pro 23:5

Pro 23:5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Pro 23:6

Pro 23:6Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, And don't crave his delicacies:

Pro 23:7

Pro 23:7For as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.

Pro 23:8

Pro 23:8The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words.

Pro 23:9

Pro 23:9Don't speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Pro 23:10

Pro 23:10Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

Pro 23:11

Pro 23:11For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

Pro 23:12

Pro 23:12Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge.

Pro 23:13

Pro 23:13Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

Pro 23:14

Pro 23:14Punish him with the rod, And save his soul from She'ol.

Pro 23:15

Pro 23:15My son, if your heart is wise, Then my heart will be glad, even mine:

Pro 23:16

Pro 23:16Yes, my heart will rejoice, When your lips speak what is right.

Pro 23:17

Pro 23:17Don't let your heart envy sinners; But rather fear the LORD all the day long.

Pro 23:18

Pro 23:18Indeed surely there is a future hope, And your hope will not be cut off.

Pro 23:19

Pro 23:19Listen, my son, and be wise, And keep your heart on the right path!

Pro 23:20

Pro 23:20Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, Or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Pro 23:21

Pro 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Pro 23:22

Pro 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, And don't despise your mother when she is old.

Pro 23:23

Pro 23:23Buy the truth, and don't sell it: Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Pro 23:24

Pro 23:24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Pro 23:25

Pro 23:25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

Pro 23:26

Pro 23:26My son, give me your heart; And let your eyes keep in my ways.

Pro 23:27

Pro 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Pro 23:28

Pro 23:28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, And increases the unfaithful among men.

Pro 23:29

Pro 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Pro 23:30

Pro 23:30Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine.

Pro 23:31

Pro 23:31Don't look at the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly:

Pro 23:32

Pro 23:32In the end, it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper.

Pro 23:33

Pro 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will imagine confusing things.

Pro 23:34

Pro 23:34Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

Pro 23:35

Pro 23:35"They hit me, and I was not hurt; They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Proverbs 23 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

On Life and Conduct

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