Proverbs 23 (NET)

Proverbs 23:1¹When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:2²and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:3³Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:4⁴Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:5⁵When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:6⁶Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:7⁷for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:8⁸you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:9⁹Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:10¹⁰Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:11¹¹for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:12¹²Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:13¹³Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:14¹⁴If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:15¹⁵My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:16¹⁶my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:17¹⁷Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:18¹⁸For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:19¹⁹Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:20²⁰Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:21²¹because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:22²²Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:23²³Acquire truth and do not sell it— wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:24²⁴The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:25²⁵May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:26²⁶Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:27²⁷for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:28²⁸Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:29²⁹Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:30³⁰Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:31³¹Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:32³²Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:33³³Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:34³⁴And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 23:35³⁵You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s