Proverbs 23

1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

כִּי־תֵשֵׁב לִלְחֹום אֶת־מֹושֵׁל בִּין תָּבִין אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לְפָנֶיךָ׃ (3239)

See also: Psalms 141:4, Genesis 43:32-34, Jude 1:12, Revelation 18:3

2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

וְשַׂמְתָּ שַׂכִּין בְּלֹעֶךָ אִם־בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ אָתָּה׃ (2227)

See also: Philippians 3:19, Matthew 18:8-9, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Genesis 27:14

3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

אַל־תִּתְאָו לְמַטְעַמֹּותָיו וְהוּא לֶחֶם כְּזָבִים׃ (1624)

See also: Proverbs 23:6, Psalms 141:4, Luke 21:34, Daniel 1:8, Ephesians 4:22, Proverbs 1:19

4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

אַל־תִּיגַע לְהַעֲשִׁיר מִבִּינָתְךָ חֲדָל׃ (1693)

5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

[הֲתָעוּף כ] (הֲתָעִיף ק) עֵינֶיךָ בֹּו וְאֵינֶנּוּ כִּי עָשֹׂה יַעֲשֶׂה־לֹּו כְנָפַיִם כְּנֶשֶׁר [וְעָיֵף כ] (יָעוּף ק) הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ (3980)

6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

אַל־תִּלְחַם אֶת־לֶחֶם רַע עָיִן וְאַל־ [תִּתְאָו כ] (תִּתְאָיו ק) לְמַטְעַמֹּתָיו׃ (3774)

See also: 2 Corinthians 9:7, Psalms 141:4, Proverbs 23:3, Proverbs 28:22, Daniel 1:8-10, Deuteronomy 15:9, Matthew 20:15, Deuteronomy 28:56, Proverbs 22:9, Daniel 11:27, Mark 7:22, Deuteronomy 28:54, Isaiah 32:5

7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

כִּי ׀ כְּמֹו־שָׁעַר בְּנַפְשֹׁו כֶּן־הוּא אֱכֹל וּשְׁתֵה יֹאמַר לָךְ וְלִבֹּו בַּל־עִמָּךְ׃ (2455)

See also: Psalms 12:2, Psalms 55:21, Judges 16:15, Matthew 9:3-4, Luke 11:37-54, Luke 7:39, Daniel 11:27, Proverbs 19:22, 2 Samuel 13:26-28, 2 Chronicles 1:11, Proverbs 24:9, Luke 14:1, Judges 16:10, Proverbs 10:20, Daniel 11:24

8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

פִּתְּךָ־אָכַלְתָּ תְקִיאֶנָּה וְשִׁחַתָּ דְּבָרֶיךָ הַנְּעִימִים׃ (2692)

See also: Job 20:15

9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

בְּאָזְנֵי כְסִיל אַל־תְּדַבֵּר כִּי־יָבוּז לְשֵׂכֶל מִלֶּיךָ׃ (1362)

See also: Matthew 7:6, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 9:7-8, Proverbs 26:4-5, Proverbs 1:7, Isaiah 36:21, John 8:52, John 10:20, Acts 13:45-46, Acts 17:18, Acts 28:25-28, 1 Corinthians 1:21-24, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, Luke 16:14, John 9:30-34, Acts 17:32, John 9:40

10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עֹולָם וּבִשְׂדֵי יְתֹומִים אַל־תָּבֹא׃ (1943)

11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

כִּי־גֹאֲלָם חָזָק הוּא־יָרִיב אֶת־רִיבָם אִתָּךְ׃ (1527)

See also: Job 19:25, Psalms 35:1, Proverbs 22:23, Jeremiah 50:34, Exodus 22:22-24, Deuteronomy 27:19, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 43:1, Jeremiah 51:36, Jeremiah 50:33-34

12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ וְאָזְנֶךָ לְאִמְרֵי־דָעַת׃ (1250)

See also: Psalms 90:12, Isaiah 34:16, Proverbs 5:1-2, Proverbs 2:2-6, Proverbs 23:19, James 1:21-25, Ezekiel 33:31, Proverbs 22:17, Matthew 13:52

13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

אַל־תִּמְנַע מִנַּעַר מוּסָר כִּי־תַכֶּנּוּ בַשֵּׁבֶט לֹא יָמוּת׃ (2563)

See also: Proverbs 13:24, Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 29:17, Proverbs 22:15, 1 Samuel 3:13, Hebrews 12:7, 1 Kings 1:6, Luke 15:18, Deuteronomy 21:18

14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

אַתָּה בַּשֵּׁבֶט תַּכֶּנּוּ וְנַפְשֹׁו מִשְּׁאֹול תַּצִּיל׃ (2544)

See also: Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 22:15, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Corinthians 11:32

15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

בְּנִי אִם־חָכַם לִבֶּךָ יִשְׂמַח לִבִּי גַם־אָנִי׃ (727)

16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

וְתַעְלֹזְנָה כִלְיֹותָי בְּדַבֵּר פָתֶיךָ מֵישָׁרִים׃ (2362)

See also: Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 8:6, Ephesians 5:4, Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 4:4, James 3:2

17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

אַל־יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּחַטָּאִים כִּי אִם־בְּיִרְאַת־יְהוָה כָּל־הַיֹּום׃ (1135)

See also: Proverbs 3:6, Psalms 37:1, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Proverbs 28:14, Psalms 25:5, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Psalms 73:3, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 24:1, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Proverbs 3:31, Acts 9:31, 1 Peter 1:17, Proverbs 24:19, Psalms 111:10-112:1, Jeremiah 32:39, Romans 3:18, Daniel 6:20, 1 Peter 2:17

18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

כִּי אִם־יֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵת׃ (2983)

See also: Hebrews 10:35, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalms 9:18, Proverbs 24:14, Philippians 1:20, Proverbs 24:20, Romans 6:21-22, Psalms 37:37, Luke 16:25, Ruth 2:12, Ephesians 6:8, Hebrews 11:26

19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

שְׁמַע־אַתָּה בְנִי וַחֲכָם וְאַשֵּׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ לִבֶּךָ׃ (1737)

See also: Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 23:12, Proverbs 23:26, Proverbs 4:10-23, Isaiah 5:22, Luke 15:13, Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 9:6, Deuteronomy 21:20, Proverbs 28:7

20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

אַל־תְּהִי בְסֹבְאֵי־יָיִן בְּזֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר לָמֹו׃ (1248)

See also: Proverbs 18:9, Luke 21:34, Ephesians 5:18, Isaiah 5:22, Romans 13:13, Proverbs 28:7, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 22:13, Matthew 24:49, Luke 15:13, 1 Peter 4:3-4, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 23:29-35, Proverbs 28:19, Proverbs 31:6-7, Luke 16:19, Job 20:14

21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

כִּי־סֹבֵא וְזֹולֵל יִוָּרֵשׁ וּקְרָעִים תַּלְבִּישׁ נוּמָה׃ (1957)

See also: Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 19:15, Philippians 3:19, Deuteronomy 21:20, Proverbs 6:9-11, Ecclesiastes 10:18, 1 Corinthians 5:11, Galatians 5:21, Proverbs 23:29, Proverbs 24:30-34, Joel 1:5, 1 Corinthians 6:10, Proverbs 24:31, Isaiah 28:1-3

22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

שְׁמַע לְאָבִיךָ זֶה יְלָדֶךָ וְאַל־תָּבוּז כִּי־זָקְנָה אִמֶּךָ׃ (1254)

See also: Ephesians 6:1, Exodus 20:12, Proverbs 30:17, Matthew 15:4, Proverbs 1:8, John 19:26-27, Proverbs 6:20, Leviticus 19:3, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 19:26, Genesis 49:2, Deuteronomy 27:16, Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Proverbs 30:11, Mark 7:10

23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

אֱמֶת קְנֵה וְאַל־תִּמְכֹּר חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר וּבִינָה׃ (1751)

24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

[גֹּול כ] (גִּיל ק) [יָגֹול כ] (יָגִיל ק) אֲבִי צַדִּיק [יֹולֵד כ] (וְיֹולֵד ק) חָכָם [וְיִשְׂמַח־ כ] (יִשְׂמַח־בֹּו׃ ק) (1785)

See also: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 23:15, 3 John 1:4, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 29:3, Luke 1:14, Philemon 1:20, Philemon 1:9, Proverbs 27:11, 1 Kings 2:1-3, 1 Kings 2:9, 1 Kings 5:7, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ezekiel 18:14, 1 Kings 1:48

25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

יִשְׂמַח־אָבִיךָ וְאִמֶּךָ וְתָגֵל יֹולַדְתֶּךָ׃ (1367)

See also: Proverbs 17:25, Luke 1:58, Luke 11:27-28, 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, Luke 1:40-47, Luke 1:31-33

26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

תְּנָה־בְנִי לִבְּךָ לִי וְעֵינֶיךָ דְּרָכַי [תִּרְצֶנָה כ] (תִּצֹּרְנָה ׃ ק) (2619)

27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

כִּי־שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה זֹונָה וּבְאֵר צָרָה נָכְרִיָּה׃ (1421)

See also: Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 2:16, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Numbers 31:16, Genesis 39:10, Judges 16:4, Proverbs 9:15, Proverbs 5:4, Proverbs 5:20, Proverbs 20:16, Hosea 4:11

28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

אַף־הִיא כְּחֶתֶף תֶּאֱרֹב וּבֹוגְדִים בְּאָדָם תֹּוסִף׃ (1872)

See also: Ecclesiastes 7:26, Proverbs 7:12, Hosea 4:11, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Proverbs 22:14, Revelation 17:1-2, Proverbs 2:16-19, Proverbs 7:22-27, Jeremiah 3:2, Numbers 25:1, Judges 16:4-22, Proverbs 9:18, Acts 11:23

29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

לְמִי אֹוי לְמִי אֲבֹוי לְמִי [מִדֹונִים כ] (מִדְיָנִים ׀ ק) לְמִי שִׂיחַ לְמִי פְּצָעִים חִנָּם לְמִי חַכְלִלוּת עֵינָיִם׃ (2320)

30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

לַמְאַחֲרִים עַל־הַיָּיִן לַבָּאִים לַחְקֹר מִמְסָךְ׃ (1085)

See also: Psalms 75:8, Ephesians 5:18, Isaiah 5:11, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 9:2, Amos 6:6, Genesis 9:21

31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

אַל־תֵּרֶא יַיִן כִּי יִתְאַדָּם כִּי־יִתֵּן [בַּכִּיס כ] (בַּכֹּוס ק) עֵינֹו יִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּמֵישָׁרִים׃ (3180)

See also: Job 31:1, Proverbs 9:17, Genesis 9:21, 1 John 2:16, Psalms 119:37, 2 Samuel 11:2, Psalms 101:3, Genesis 19:32, Joshua 7:21, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 7:25, Mark 9:47, Job 33:1, Matthew 5:28-30

32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

אַחֲרִיתֹו כְּנָחָשׁ יִשָּׁךְ וּכְצִפְעֹנִי יַפְרִשׁ׃ (2249)

See also: Psalms 140:3, Isaiah 59:5, Isaiah 28:3, Isaiah 28:7-8, Luke 16:25-26, Exodus 7:5-6, Exodus 7:12, Job 20:16, Proverbs 5:11, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Isaiah 5:11, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 8:17, Amos 5:19, Amos 9:3, Romans 6:21

33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

עֵינֶיךָ יִרְאוּ זָרֹות וְלִבְּךָ יְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֹות׃ (2175)

See also: Proverbs 4:25, Acts 20:30, Jude 1:12-13, Proverbs 2:12, Proverbs 31:5, Hosea 7:5, Genesis 19:32-38, Judges 16:19, 1 Kings 11:1, Psalms 69:12, Proverbs 5:20, Proverbs 6:10, Ezekiel 23:16, Daniel 5:4

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.

וְהָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵב בְּלֶב־יָם וּכְשֹׁכֵב בְּרֹאשׁ חִבֵּל׃ (1748)

See also: 1 Thessalonians 5:2-7, 1 Samuel 30:16-17, 2 Samuel 13:28, 1 Kings 16:9, Matthew 24:38, Luke 17:27-29, Luke 21:34, Exodus 15:8, 1 Samuel 25:33-38, Joel 1:5, Matthew 26:43, 1 Kings 20:16-22

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.

הִכּוּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי הֲלָמוּנִי בַּל־יָדָעְתִּי מָתַי אָקִיץ אֹוסִיף אֲבַקְשֶׁנּוּ עֹוד׃ (2595)

See also: Proverbs 27:22, Jeremiah 5:3, Isaiah 56:12, 1 Corinthians 15:32-34, Proverbs 26:9, Proverbs 26:11, Isaiah 22:13, 2 Peter 2:22, Deuteronomy 29:19, Jeremiah 31:18, Hosea 7:9, Matthew 24:39, Ephesians 4:19, Proverbs 15:10