{"book":"Proverbs","slug":"proverbs","ch":23,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Proverbs","prev":"proverbs/22","next":"proverbs/24","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,","f":["Or who is before you"],"lines":[{"style":"subhdg","t":"When you sit down to dine with a ruler,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"consider carefully what is set before you,"}],"h":"True Riches","style":"subhdg"},{"v":2,"t":"and put a knife to your throat if you possess a [great] appetite.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"and put a knife to your throat"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if you possess a [great] appetite."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not crave his delicacies,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for that food is deceptive."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not wear yourself out to get rich;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be wise enough to restrain yourself."}],"h":"Saying 8","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"When you glance [at wealth], it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When you glance [at wealth], it disappears,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for it makes wings for itself"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and flies like an eagle to the sky."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;","f":["Literally of him whose eye is evil"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not eat the bread of a stingy man,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and do not crave his delicacies;"}],"h":"Saying 9","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"for he is keeping track, inwardly [counting the cost].“ Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.","f":["Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"for he is keeping track,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"inwardly [counting the cost]."},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Eat and drink,” he says to you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but his heart is not with you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will vomit up what little you have eaten"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and waste your pleasant words."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not speak to a fool,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for he will despise the wisdom of your words."}],"h":"Saying 10","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"Do not move an ancient boundary stone [or] encroach on the fields of the fatherless,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not move an ancient boundary stone"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[or] encroach on the fields of the fatherless,"}],"h":"Saying 11","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"for their Redeemer is strong;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will take up their case against you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Apply your heart to instruction"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your ears to words of knowledge."}],"h":"Saying 12","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not withhold discipline from a child;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"although you strike him with a rod, he will not die."}],"h":"Saying 13","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Strike him with a rod,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and you will deliver his soul from Sheol."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My son, if your heart is wise,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my own heart will indeed rejoice."}],"h":"Saying 14","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.","f":["Hebrew My kidneys"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My inmost being will rejoice"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when your lips speak what is right."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not let your heart envy sinners,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but always continue in the fear of the LORD."}],"h":"Saying 15","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For surely there is a future,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your hope will not be cut off."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Listen, my son, and be wise,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and guide your heart on the right course."}],"h":"Saying 16","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not join those who drink too much wine"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or gorge themselves on meat."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and drowsiness will clothe them in rags."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Listen to your father who gave you life,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and do not despise your mother when she is old."}],"h":"Saying 17","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"Invest in truth and never sell it — in wisdom and instruction and understanding.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Invest in truth and never sell it —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in wisdom and instruction and understanding."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May your father and mother be glad,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and may she who gave you birth rejoice!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My son, give me your heart,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and let your eyes delight in my ways."}],"h":"Saying 18","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":27,"t":"For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.","f":["Or a foreign woman or a wayward wife"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For a prostitute is a deep pit,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and an adulteress is a narrow well."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like a robber she lies in wait"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and multiplies the faithless among men."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who {has} needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who has woe? Who has sorrow?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who has contentions? Who has complaints?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who {has} needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?"}],"h":"Saying 19","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":30,"t":"Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Those who linger over wine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who go to taste mixed drinks."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not gaze at wine while it is red,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when it sparkles in the cup"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and goes down smoothly."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":32,"t":"In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In the end it bites like a snake"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and stings like a viper."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your eyes will see strange things,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your mind will utter perversities."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will be like one sleeping on the high seas"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or lying on the top of a mast:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":35,"t":"“ They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ They struck me, but I feel no pain!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"They beat me, but I did not know it!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"When can I wake up"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to search for another drink?”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}