Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him
that
is before thee ;
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee :
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Be not desirous of his dainties ;
Seeing
they are deceitful food
.
Be not desirous of his dainties :
for
they are deceitful meat
.
Weary
not thyself
to be rich ;
Cease from thine own wisdom.
Labour
not to be rich :
cease from thine own wisdom.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For `
riches '
certainly make themselves wings ,
Like
an eagle that
flieth
toward heaven.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings ;
they
fly
away
as
an eagle toward heaven.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties
:
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty
meats
:
For as he thinketh within
himself
, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
For as he thinketh in
his
heart
, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Speak not in the hearing
of a fool ;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Speak not in the ears
of a fool :
for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Remove not the ancient
landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Remove not the old
landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
For their Redeemer is strong
; He will
plead their cause against
thee.
For their redeemer is mighty
; he shall
plead their cause with
thee.
Apply thy
heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply thine
heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child ;
`
For '
if thou beat
him with the rod, he will
not die.
Withhold not correction from the child :
for if thou beatest
him with the rod, he shall
not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol
.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell
.
My son, if thy
heart be wise, My heart will
be
glad
, even mine :
My son, if thine
heart be wise, my heart shall
rejoice
, even mine .
Yea, my heart
will
rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
Yea, my reins
shall
rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Let not thy
heart envy sinners ;
But `
be thou '
in the fear of Jehovah
all the day long :
Let not thine
heart envy sinners :
but be thou in the fear of the
LORD
all the day long .
For surely there is a
reward
; And thy
hope
shall not be cut off.
For surely there is an
end
; and thine
expectation
shall not be cut off.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy
heart in the way.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine
heart in the way.
Be not among winebibbers ,
Among gluttonous
eaters of flesh:
Be not among winebibbers ;
among riotous
eaters of flesh:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty ;
And drowsiness will
clothe `
a man '
with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty :
and drowsiness shall
clothe a man with rags.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; `Yea',
wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also
wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous will
greatly rejoice ;
And he that begetteth a wise child will
have joy of him.
The father of the righteous shall
greatly rejoice :
and he that begetteth a wise child shall
have joy of him.
Let
thy father and thy mother be glad, And let
her
that bare thee rejoice.
Thy father and thy mother shall
be glad, and she
that bare thee shall
rejoice.
My son, give me thy
heart ;
And let thine eyes delight
in
my ways.
My son, give me thine
heart ,
and let thine eyes observe
my ways.
For a harlot
is a deep ditch; And a foreign
woman is a narrow pit.
For a whore
is a deep ditch; and a strange
woman is a narrow pit.
Yea,
she lieth in wait as a robber
, And increaseth the treacherous
among men.
She also
lieth in wait as for
a prey
, and increaseth the transgressors
among men.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining
? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling
? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out
mixed wine.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth
in the cup, When it goeth
down
smoothly:
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth
his
colour
in the cup, when it moveth
itself
aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Thine eyes shall behold strange things
, And thy
heart shall utter perverse things.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women
, and thine
heart shall utter perverse things.
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.
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.
They have stricken me, `
shalt thou say '
, and I was not hurt
; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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.
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