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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 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.


23:1	When thou syttest at the table to eate wt a Lorde, ordre thy selfe manerly wt the thynges
23:2	that are set before the. Measure thyne appetite:
23:3	& yf thou wylt rule thyne awne selfe, be not ouer gredy of hys meate, for meate begyleth & disceaueth.
23:4	Take not ouer greate trauayle & labour to be riche, beware of soch a purpose.
23:5	Why wilt thou set thyne eye vpon the thynge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues winges, & take theyr flyght lyke an Aegle in to that ayre.
23:6	Eate not thou with the ennyous, & desyre not his meat,
23:7	for he doth as a man that pescribeth a mesure to the in his herte. He sayth vnto the: eate & dryncke, where as his herte is not wt the.
23:8	Yee, the morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbrake & lese those swete wordes.
23:9	Tell nothinge in to the eares of a foole, for he wyll despyse the wysdome of thy wordes.
23:10	Remoue not the olde lande marke, & come not within the felde of the fatherlesse:
23:11	For he that delyuereth them, is mightie, euen he shall defende theyr cause against the.
23:12	Applye thyne herte vnto correccion, & thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge.
23:13	Witholde not correcion from the childe, for yf thou beatest him wt the rodd, he shall not dye therof.
23:14	Yf thou smyte him wt the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell.
23:15	My sonne, yf thy herte receaue wysdome, my herte also shall reioyce:
23:16	yee, my reynes shalbe very glad: yf thy lippes speke the thinge that is ryght.
23:17	Let not thyne herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe the styll in the feare of the Lord all the daye longe:
23:18	for the ende is not yet come, & thy pacient abydynge shall not be in vayne.
23:19	My sonne, geue eare & be wyse, and set strayte thynehert in the waye of the Lord.
23:20	Kepe no company wt wyne bybbers & ryotous eaters of flesh:
23:21	for soch as be dronckardes & ryotous shall come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shall go wt a ragged coate.
23:22	Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, & despyse not thy mother when she is olde.
23:23	Labour for to get the trueth: sell yt not awaye, & so do by wysdome, nourtour & vnderstandyng:
23:24	for a ryghteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne, and he that begettith a wyse chylde shall haue gret pleasure of him.
23:25	Do so that thy father & mother may be glad of the, & that she that bare the may reioyse.
23:26	My sonne, geue me thyne herte, & lett thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes.
23:27	For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.
23:28	She lurketh lyke a thefe, and bringeth vnto her such men as be full of vyce.
23:29	Who hath wo? Who hath sorow? Who hath strife? Who hath brauling? & who hath woundes without cause Or who hath reed eyes?
23:30	Euen they that be euer at the wyne, & seke excesse.
23:31	Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how redd it is, & what a colour it geueth in the glasse.
23:32	It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth lyke a serpent, & styngeth as an Adder.
23:33	So shall thine eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, & thyne herte shall muse vpon frowarde thynges.
23:34	Yee, thou shalt be as though thou layest in the myddest of the see, or sleptest vpon the toppe of the mast of a shippe.
23:35	They wouded me (shalt thou saye) but it hath not hurte me: they haue all to broken me, but I felt it not. Whan I am well wakened, I will go to the drincke againe.

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