Prov.23.1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Prov.23.1
When you go out to dinner with an influential person, mind your manners:
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When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,
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When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;
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When dining with a ruler, pay attention to what is put before you.
Prov.23.2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Prov.23.2
Don't gobble your food, don't talk with your mouth full.
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and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
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And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite.
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If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat,
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Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Prov.23.3
And don't stuff yourself; bridle your appetite.
Prov.23.3
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Prov.23.3
Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food.
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and don't desire all the delicacies--deception may be involved.
Prov.23.4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Prov.23.4
Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich; restrain yourself!
Prov.23.4
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.
Prov.23.4
Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!
Prov.23.4
Don't weary yourself trying to get rich. Why waste your time?
Prov.23.5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Prov.23.5
Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.
Prov.23.5
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
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Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
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For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird!
Prov.23.6
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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Don't accept a meal from a tightwad; don't expect anything special.
Prov.23.6
Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;
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Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies;
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Don't eat with people who are stingy; don't desire their delicacies.
Prov.23.7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Prov.23.7
He'll be as stingy with you as he is with himself; he'll say, "Eat! Drink!" but won't mean a word of it.
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for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Prov.23.7
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
Prov.23.7
"Eat and drink," they say, but they don't mean it. They are always thinking about how much it costs.
Prov.23.8
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Prov.23.8
His miserly serving will turn your stomach when you realize the meal's a sham.
Prov.23.8
You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
Prov.23.8
The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words.
Prov.23.8
You will vomit up the delicious food they serve, and you will have to take back your words of appreciation for their "kindness."
Prov.23.9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Prov.23.9
Don't bother talking sense to fools; they'll only poke fun at your words.
Prov.23.9
Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
Prov.23.9
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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Don't waste your breath on fools, for they will despise the wisest advice.
Prov.23.10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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Don't stealthily move back the boundary lines or cheat orphans out of their property,
Prov.23.10
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
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Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
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Don't steal the land of defenseless orphans by moving the ancient boundary markers,
Prov.23.11
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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For they have a powerful Advocate who will go to bat for them.
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for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
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For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.
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for their Redeemer is strong. He himself will bring their charges against you.
Prov.23.12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Prov.23.12
Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge.
Prov.23.12
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
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Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.
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Commit yourself to instruction; attune your ears to hear words of knowledge.
Prov.23.13
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Prov.23.13
Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them.
Prov.23.13
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Prov.23.13
Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
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Don't fail to correct your children. They won't die if you spank them.
Prov.23.14
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.
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Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.
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You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.
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Physical discipline may well save them from death.
Prov.23.15
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Prov.23.15
Dear child, if you become wise, I'll be one happy parent.
Prov.23.15
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad;
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My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice--indeed, I myself;
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My child, how I will rejoice if you become wise.
Prov.23.16
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Prov.23.16
My heart will dance and sing to the tuneful truth you'll speak.
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my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
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Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things.
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Yes, my heart will thrill when you speak what is right and just.
Prov.23.17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Prov.23.17
Don't for a minute envy careless rebels; soak yourself in the Fear-of-GOD-
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Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
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Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day;
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Don't envy sinners, but always continue to fear the LORD.
Prov.23.18
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Prov.23.18
That's where your future lies. Then you won't be left with an armload of nothing.
Prov.23.18
There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
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For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.
Prov.23.18
For surely you have a future ahead of you; your hope will not be disappointed.
Prov.23.19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Prov.23.19
Oh listen, dear child--become wise; point your life in the right direction.
Prov.23.19
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.
Prov.23.19
Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way.
Prov.23.19
My child, listen and be wise. Keep your heart on the right course.
Prov.23.20
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Prov.23.20
Don't drink too much wine and get drunk; don't eat too much food and get fat.
Prov.23.20
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
Prov.23.20
Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
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Do not carouse with drunkards and gluttons,
Prov.23.21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Prov.23.21
Drunks and gluttons will end up on skid row, in a stupor and dressed in rags.
Prov.23.21
for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Prov.23.21
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Prov.23.21
for they are on their way to poverty. Too much sleep clothes a person with rags.
Prov.23.22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Prov.23.22
Listen with respect to the father who raised you, and when your mother grows old, don't neglect her.
Prov.23.22
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Prov.23.22
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
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Listen to your father, who gave you life, and don't despise your mother's experience when she is old.
Prov.23.23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Prov.23.23
Buy truth--don't sell it for love or money; buy wisdom, buy education, buy insight.
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Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.
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Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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Get the truth and don't ever sell it; also get wisdom, discipline, and discernment.
Prov.23.24
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Prov.23.24
Parents rejoice when their children turn out well; wise children become proud parents.
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The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.
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The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
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The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure it is to have wise children.
Prov.23.25
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Prov.23.25
So make your father happy! Make your mother proud!
Prov.23.25
May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Prov.23.25
Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.
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So give your parents joy! May she who gave you birth be happy.
Prov.23.26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Prov.23.26
Dear child, I want your full attention; please do what I show you.
Prov.23.26
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,
Prov.23.26
My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways.
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O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes delight in my ways of wisdom.
Prov.23.27
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Prov.23.27
A whore is a bottomless pit; a loose woman can get you in deep trouble fast.
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for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
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For a harlot is a deep pit, And a seductress is a narrow well.
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A prostitute is a deep pit; an adulterous woman is treacherous.
Prov.23.28
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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She'll take you for all you've got; she's worse than a pack of thieves.
Prov.23.28
Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
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She also lies in wait as for a victim, And increases the unfaithful among men.
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She hides and waits like a robber, looking for another victim who will be unfaithful to his wife.
Prov.23.29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Prov.23.29
Who are the people who are always crying the blues? Who do you know who reeks of self-pity? Who keeps getting beat up for no reason at all? Whose eyes are bleary and bloodshot?
Prov.23.29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
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Who has anguish? Who has sorrow? Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Prov.23.30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
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It's those who spend the night with a bottle, for whom drinking is serious business.
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Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
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Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine.
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It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new drinks.
Prov.23.31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Prov.23.31
Don't judge wine by its label, or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor.
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Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
Prov.23.31
Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly;
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Don't let the sparkle and smooth taste of wine deceive you.
Prov.23.32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Prov.23.32
Judge it rather by the hangover it leaves you with--the splitting headache, the queasy stomach.
Prov.23.32
In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
Prov.23.32
At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.
Prov.23.32
For in the end it bites like a poisonous serpent; it stings like a viper.
Prov.23.33
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Prov.23.33
Do you really prefer seeing double, with your speech all slurred,
Prov.23.33
Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things.
Prov.23.33
Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.
Prov.23.33
You will see hallucinations, and you will say crazy things.
Prov.23.34
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.
Prov.23.34
Reeling and seasick, drunk as a sailor?
Prov.23.34
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
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Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
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You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea, clinging to a swaying mast.
Prov.23.35
They 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.
Prov.23.35
"They hit me," you'll say, "but it didn't hurt; they beat on me, but I didn't feel a thing. When I'm sober enough to manage it, bring me another drink!"
Prov.23.35
"They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?"
Prov.23.35
"They have struck me, but I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?|"
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And you will say, "They hit me, but I didn't feel it. I didn't even know it when they beat me up. When will I wake up so I can have another drink?"
