en_cjb - Pro 23 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ When you sit down to dine with a ruler, think carefully about who is before you.

² If you have a big appetite, put a knife to your throat!

³ Don’t be greedy for his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

⁴ Don’t exhaust yourself in pursuit of wealth; be smart enough to desist.

⁵ If you make your eyes rush at it, it’s no longer there! For wealth will surely grow wings, like an eagle flying off to the sky.

⁶ Don’t eat the food of a stingy man; don’t be greedy for his delicacies.

⁷ For he is like someone who keeps accounts — “Eat! Drink!” he says to you, but he doesn’t really mean it.

⁸ The little you eat you will vomit up, and your compliments will have been wasted.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will only despise the common sense in your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone or encroach on the land of the fatherless;

¹¹ for their Redeemer is strong; he will take up their fight against you.

¹² Apply your mind to discipline and your ears to words of knowledge.

¹³ Don’t withhold discipline from a child — if you beat him with a stick, he won’t die!

¹⁴ If you beat him with a stick, you will save him from Sh’ol.

¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise, then my own heart too is glad;

¹⁶ my inmost being rejoices when your lips say what is right.

¹⁷ Don’t envy sinners, but follow the example of those who always fear God;

¹⁸ for then you will have a future; what you hope for will not be cut off.

¹⁹ You, my son: listen, be wise, and set your mind on the right way.

²⁰ Don’t be one of those who guzzle wine or of those who eat meat to excess,

²¹ for both drunkard and glutton will become poor — drowsiness will clothe them with rags.

²² Listen to your father, who gave you life; and don’t despise your mother when she gets old.

²³ Buy the truth, don’t sell it, also wisdom, discipline and discernment.

²⁴ A righteous person’s father will be filled with joy; yes, he whose son is wise will rejoice in him.

²⁵ So let your father and mother be glad; let her who gave you birth rejoice.

²⁶ My son, give me your heart; let your eyes observe my ways.

²⁷ A prostitute is a deep ditch, and a forbidden woman like a narrow well.

²⁸ She lies in wait to snatch her prey and adds to the number of faithless men.

²⁹ Who has misery? Who has regret? Who fights and complains all the time? Who gets bruised for no good reason? Who has bloodshot eyes?

³⁰ Those who spend their time over wine, those always trying out mixed drinks.

³¹ Don’t gaze at the red wine as it gives its color to the cup. It may glide down smoothly now;

³² but in the end, it bites like a serpent — yes, it strikes like a poisonous snake.

³³ Your eyes will see peculiar things, your mind will utter nonsense.

³⁴ You will feel as if lying on the waves of the sea or sprawled on top of the mast —

³⁵ “They hit me, but I didn’t feel it! They beat me up, and I didn’t even know it! When will I wake up? . . . I’ll go get another drink.”