Proverbs
capítulo 23
verso 1
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
verso 2
put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
verso 3
Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
verso 4
Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
verso 5
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
verso 6
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
verso 7
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
verso 8
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
verso 9
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
verso 10
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
verso 11
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
verso 12
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
verso 13
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
verso 14
Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
verso 15
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
verso 16
Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
verso 17
Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
verso 18
Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
verso 19
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
verso 20
Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
verso 21
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
verso 22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
verso 23
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
verso 24
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
verso 25
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
verso 26
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
verso 27
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
verso 28
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
verso 29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
verso 30
Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
verso 31
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
verso 32
In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
verso 33
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
verso 34
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
verso 35
“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”
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