1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:studyinterlinear
2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.studyinterlinear
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.studyinterlinear
4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.studyinterlinear
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.studyinterlinear
6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:studyinterlinear
7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.studyinterlinear
8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.studyinterlinear
9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.studyinterlinear
10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:studyinterlinear
11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.studyinterlinear
12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.studyinterlinear
13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.studyinterlinear
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.studyinterlinear
15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.studyinterlinear
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.studyinterlinear
17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.studyinterlinear
18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.studyinterlinear
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.studyinterlinear
20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:studyinterlinear
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.studyinterlinear
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.studyinterlinear
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.studyinterlinear
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.studyinterlinear
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.studyinterlinear
26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.studyinterlinear
27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.studyinterlinear
28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.studyinterlinear
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?studyinterlinear
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.studyinterlinear
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.studyinterlinear
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.studyinterlinear
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.studyinterlinear
34Yea, 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.studyinterlinear
35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.studyinterlinear