Proverbs 23 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

On Life and Conduct

Pro 23:1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,

Pro 23:2And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.

Pro 23:3Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.

Pro 23:4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Pro 23:5

Pro 23:5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Pro 23:6

Pro 23:6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

Pro 23:7

Pro 23:7For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.

Pro 23:8

Pro 23:8Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.

Pro 23:9

Pro 23:9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

Pro 23:10

Pro 23:10Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

Pro 23:11

Pro 23:11For their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.

Pro 23:12

Pro 23:12Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

Pro 23:13

Pro 23:13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Pro 23:14

Pro 23:14Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

Pro 23:15

Pro 23:15My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

Pro 23:16

Pro 23:16And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

Pro 23:17

Pro 23:17Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

Pro 23:18

Pro 23:18For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

Pro 23:19

Pro 23:19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

Pro 23:20

Pro 23:20Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

Pro 23:21

Pro 23:21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

Pro 23:22

Pro 23:22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

Pro 23:23

Pro 23:23Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

Pro 23:24

Pro 23:24The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

Pro 23:25

Pro 23:25Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

Pro 23:26

Pro 23:26Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Pro 23:27

Pro 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.

Pro 23:28

Pro 23:28She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

Pro 23:29

Pro 23:29Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

Pro 23:30

Pro 23:30Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.

Pro 23:31

Pro 23:31See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

Pro 23:32

Pro 23:32Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

Pro 23:33

Pro 23:33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

Pro 23:34

Pro 23:34And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

Pro 23:35

Pro 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!'

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Proverbs 23 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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