V.1 When thou sittest 3427-4 to eat 3898-2 with a ruler, 4910-6 consider 995-4 diligently 995-2 what [is] before 6440 thee:

23:2 And put 7760-1 a knife 7915 to thy throat, 3930 if thou [be] a man given 1167 to appetite. 5315

23:3 Be not desirous 183-101 of his dainties: 4303 for they [are] deceitful 3577 meat. 3899

23:4 Labour 3021-4 not to be rich: 6238-53 cease 2308-3 from thine own wisdom. 998

23:5 Wilt thou set 5774-55|5774-4-k thine eyes 5869 upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly 6213-2 make 6213-4 themselves wings; 3671 they fly away 5774-4|5774-53-k as an eagle 5404 toward heaven. 8064

23:6 Eat 3898-4 thou not the bread 3899 of [him that hath] an evil 7451 eye, 5869 neither desire 183-101 thou his dainty meats: 4303

23:7 For as he thinketh 8176-1 in his heart, 5315 so [is] he: Eat 398-3 and drink, 8354-3 saith 559-4 he to thee; but his heart 3820 [is] not with thee.

23:8 The morsel 6595 [which] thou hast eaten 398-1 shalt thou vomit up, 6958-55 and lose 7843-14 thy sweet 5273 words. 1697

23:9 Speak 1696-17 not in the ears 241 of a fool: 3684 for he will despise 936-4 the wisdom 7922 of thy words. 4405

23:10 Remove 5253-55 not the old 5769 landmark; 1366 and enter 935-4 not into the fields 7704 of the fatherless: 3490

23:11 For their redeemer 1350-6 [is] mighty; 2389 he shall plead 7378-4 their cause 7379 with thee.

23:12 Apply 935-54 thine heart 3820 unto instruction, 4148 and thine ears 241 to the words 561 of knowledge. 1847

23:13 Withhold 4513-4 not correction 4148 from the child: 5288 for [if] thou beatest 5221-55 him with the rod, 7626 he shall not die. 4191-4

23:14 Thou shalt beat 5221-55 him with the rod, 7626 and shalt deliver 5337-55 his soul 5315 from hell. 7585

23:15 My son, 1121 if thine heart 3820 be wise, 2449-1 my heart 3820 shall rejoice, 8055-4 even mine. 589

23:16 Yea, my reins 3629 shall rejoice, 5937-4 when thy lips 8193 speak 1696-15 right things. 4339

23:17 Let not thine heart 3820 envy 7065-17 sinners: 2400 but [be thou] in the fear 3374 of the LORD 3068 all the day 3117 long.

23:18 For surely there is 3426 an end; 319 and thine expectation 8615 shall not be cut off. 3772-11

23:19 Hear 8085-3 thou, my son, 1121 and be wise, 2449-3 and guide 833-16 thine heart 3820 in the way. 1870

23:20 Be not among winebibbers; 3196 5433-6 among riotous eaters 2151-6 of flesh: 1320

23:21 For the drunkard 5433-6 and the glutton 2151-6 shall come to poverty: 3423-11 and drowsiness 5124 shall clothe 3847-55 [a man] with rags. 7168

23:22 Hearken 8085-3 unto thy father 1 that begat 3205-1 thee, and despise 936-4 not thy mother 517 when she is old. 2204-1

23:23 Buy 7069-3 the truth, 571 and sell 4376-4 [it] not; [also] wisdom, 2451 and instruction, 4148 and understanding. 998

23:24 The father 1 of the righteous 6662 shall greatly 1524 rejoice: 1523-4 and he that begetteth 3205-6 a wise 2450 [child] shall have joy 8055-4 of him.

23:25 Thy father 1 and thy mother 517 shall be glad, 8055-4 and she that bare 3205-6 thee shall rejoice. 1523-4

23:26 My son, 1121 give 5414-3 me thine heart, 3820 and let thine eyes 5869 observe 7521-4 5341-4 my ways. 1870

23:27 For a whore 2181-6 [is] a deep 6013 ditch; 7745 and a strange 5237 woman [is] a narrow 6862 pit. 875

23:28 She also lieth in wait 693-4 as [for] a prey, 2863 and increaseth 3254-55 the transgressors 898-6 among men. 120

23:29 Who hath woe? 188 who hath sorrow? 17 who hath contentions? 4079|4066-k who hath babbling? 7879 who hath wounds 6482 without cause? 2600 who hath redness 2448 of eyes? 5869

23:30 They that tarry long 309-18 at the wine; 3196 they that go 935-6 to seek 2713-2 mixed wine. 4469

23:31 Look 7200-4 not thou upon the wine 3196 when it is red, 119-101 when it giveth 5414-4 his colour 5869 in the cup, 3563|3599-k [when] it moveth 1980-101 itself aright. 4339

23:32 At the last 319 it biteth 5391-4 like a serpent, 5175 and stingeth 6567-55 like an adder. 6848

23:33 Thine eyes 5869 shall behold 7200-4 strange women, 2114-5 and thine heart 3820 shall utter 1696-17 perverse things. 8419

23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down 7901-6 in the midst 3820 of the sea, 3220 or as he that lieth 7901-6 upon the top 7218 of a mast. 2260