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Proverbs 23

35 aligned verses; 35 with wording or punctuation differences .

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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which ` is ' before thee ,
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you ,
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat , If thou `art' a man of appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
Have no desire to his dainties , seeing it `is' lying food.
Do not crave his delicacies , for that food is deceptive .
Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not .
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself .
For wealth maketh to itself wings , As an eagle it flieth to the heavens .
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky .
Eat not the bread of an evil eye , And have no desire to his dainties,
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man , and do not crave his delicacies;
For as he hath thought in his soul, so ` is ' he , ` Eat and drink, ' saith he to thee , And his heart ` is ' not with thee .
for he is keeping track , inwardly counting the cost. Eat and drink, he says to you , but his heart is not with you .
Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up , And hast marred thy words that `are' sweet .
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
In the ears of a fool speak not , For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not ,
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
For their Redeemer ` is ' strong , He doth plead their cause with thee .
for their Redeemer is strong ; He will take up their case against you .
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod , he will not die .
Thou with a rod smitest him , And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest .
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly .
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right .
Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day .
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD .
For , is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Hear thou , my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart ,
Listen , my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Be not thou among quaffers of wine , Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
For the quaffer and glutton become poor , And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty , and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Hearken to thy father , who begat thee , And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
Listen to your father who gave you life , and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom , and instruction , and understanding ,
Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding .
The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice , and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother , Yea , she that bare thee is joyful.
May your father and mother be glad , and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
My son, give me your heart , and let your eyes delight in my ways.
For a harlot ` is ' a deep ditch , And a strange woman ` is ' a strait pit .
For a prostitute is a deep pit , and an adulteress is a narrow well .
She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait , And the treacherous among men she increaseth .
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Who hath wo ? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint ? Who hath wounds without cause ? Who hath redness of eyes?
Who has woe ? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints ? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine .
Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks .
See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright .
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly .
Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth .
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper .
Thine eyes see strange women , And thy heart speaketh perverse things .
Your eyes will see strange things , and your mind will utter perversities .
And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast .
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast :
` They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again ! '
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?”

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