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Proverbs - Chapter: 23


23:1	When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.
23:2	And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.
23:3	Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitfull meate.
23:4	Labour not to bee rich: cease from thine owne wisedome.
23:5	Wilt thou set thine eyes vpon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselues wings, they fly away as an Eagle toward heauen.
23:6	Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euill eye, neither desire thou his dainty meates.
23:7	For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eate, and drinke, sayth he to thee, but his heart is not with thee.
23:8	The morsell which thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomite vp, and loose thy sweete words.
23:9	Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisedome of thy words.
23:10	Remoue not the old landmarke; and enter not into the fields of the fatherlesse.
23:11	For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
23:12	Apply thine heart vnto instruction, and thine eares to the words of knowledge.
23:13	Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
23:14	Thou shalt beate him with the rod, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.
23:15	My sonne, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall reioyce, euen mine.
23:16	Yea my reines shall reioyce, when thy lippes speake right things.
23:17	Let not thine heart enuy sinners, but be thou in the feare of the Lord all the day long.
23:18	For surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
23:19	Heare thou, my sonne, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
23:20	Be not amongst wine-bibbers; amongst riotous eaters of flesh.
23:21	For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pouerty; and drousinesse shall cloath a man with ragges.
23:22	Hearken vnto thy father that begate thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23:23	Buy the trueth, and sell it not; also wisedome and instruction and vnderstanding.
23:24	The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wise child, shall haue ioy of him.
23:25	Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
23:26	My sonne, giue me thine heart, and let thine eyes obserue my wayes.
23:27	For an whore is a deepe ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
23:28	She also lyeth in wait as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours among men.
23:29	Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath rednesse of eyes?
23:30	They that tarry long at the wine, they that goe to seeke mixt wine.
23:31	Looke not thou vpon the wine when it is red, when it giueth his colour in the cup, when it moueth it selfe aright.
23:32	At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
23:33	Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall vtter peruerse things.
23:34	Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.
23:35	They haue striken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sicke: they haue beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seeke it yet againe.


23:1	When thou sittest to eate with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee
23:2	Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set
23:3	Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth
23:4	Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose
23:5	Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre
23:6	Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate
23:7	For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee
23:8	The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes
23:9	Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes
23:10	Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse
23:11	For their redeemer is mightie, euen he shall defend their cause against thee
23:12	Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge
23:13	Withholde not correction from the chylde: for if thou beatest hym with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof
23:14	If thou smyte hym with the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell
23:15	My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce
23:16	Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right
23:17	Let not thyne heart be ielous to folowe sinners, but kepe thee styll in the feare of the Lorde all the day long
23:18	For veryly there is an ende, and thy pacient abiding shall not be cut of
23:19	My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way [of the Lorde.
23:20	Kepe not company with wine bibbers, and riotous eaters of fleshe
23:21	For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate
23:22	Geue eare vnto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde
23:23	Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not
23:24	The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym
23:25	Do so that thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce
23:26	My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes
23:27	For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit
23:28	She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men
23:29	Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause
23:30	Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse
23:31	Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse
23:32	It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder
23:33	Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges
23:34	Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship
23:35	They haue beaten me shalt thou say and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again


23:1	When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee,
23:2	And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.
23:3	Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.
23:4	Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.
23:5	Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.
23:6	Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
23:7	For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.
23:8	Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.
23:9	Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
23:10	Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.
23:11	For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.
23:12	Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.
23:13	Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.
23:14	Thou shalt smite him with the rodde, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.
23:15	My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.
23:16	And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things.
23:17	Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lord continually.
23:18	For surely there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
23:19	O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
23:20	Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.
23:21	For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
23:22	Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
23:23	Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
23:24	The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.
23:25	Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
23:26	My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.
23:27	For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.
23:28	Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.
23:29	To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes?
23:30	Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine.
23:31	Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.
23:32	In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
23:33	Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.
23:34	And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste.
23:35	They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.

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