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Proverbs 23:1
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
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Proverbs 23:2
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And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
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Proverbs 23:3
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Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
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Proverbs 23:4
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Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
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Proverbs 23:5
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
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Proverbs 23:6
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
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Proverbs 23:7
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For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
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Proverbs 23:8
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The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
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Proverbs 23:9
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Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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Proverbs 23:10
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Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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Proverbs 23:11
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For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
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Proverbs 23:12
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Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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Proverbs 23:13
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Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
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Proverbs 23:14
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Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
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Proverbs 23:15
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My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
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Proverbs 23:16
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Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
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Proverbs 23:17
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Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
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Proverbs 23:18
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For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.
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Proverbs 23:19
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Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
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Proverbs 23:20
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Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
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Proverbs 23:21
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
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Proverbs 23:22
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Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
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Proverbs 23:23
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Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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Proverbs 23:24
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The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
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Proverbs 23:25
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Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
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Proverbs 23:26
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My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
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Proverbs 23:27
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For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
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Proverbs 23:28
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Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
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Proverbs 23:29
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Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
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Proverbs 23:30
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They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.
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Proverbs 23:31
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Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
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Proverbs 23:32
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At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
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Proverbs 23:33
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Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
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Proverbs 23:34
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Yea, 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.
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Proverbs 23:35
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They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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