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href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.3.1">a</a>for that food is deceptive.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="5"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm">4</a>Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.4.1">a</a>because you know better, stop! <A name="6"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-5.htm">5</a>As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.5.1">a</a>for it makes wings for itselfand flies like an eagle to the sky.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="7"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-6.htm">6</a>Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Proverbs.23.6.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.6.1">a</a>and don’t desire his choice food,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.6.2">b</a> <A name="8"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-7.htm">7</a>for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Proverbs.23.7.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.7.1">a</a>“Eat and drink,” he says to you,but his heart is not with you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.7.2">b</a> <A name="9"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-8.htm">8</a>You will vomit the little you’ve eatenand waste your pleasant words.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="10"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-9.htm">9</a>Don’t speak to<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Proverbs.23.9.1">A</a> a fool,for he will despise the insight of your words.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.9.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="11"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-10.htm">10</a>Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.10.1">a</a>and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless, <A name="12"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-11.htm">11</a>for their Redeemer is strong,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.11.1">a</a>and he will champion their cause against you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.11.2">b</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="13"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-12.htm">12</a>Apply yourself to disciplineand listen to words of knowledge.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="14"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-13.htm">13</a>Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.13.1">a</a> <A name="15"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-14.htm">14</a>Punish him with a rod,and you will rescue his life from Sheol.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.14.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="16"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-15.htm">15</a>My son, if your heart is wise,my heart will indeed rejoice.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.15.1">a</a> <A name="17"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-16.htm">16</a>My innermost being will celebratewhen your lips say what is right.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.16.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="18"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-17.htm">17</a>Don’t let your heart envy sinners;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.17.1">a</a>instead, always fear the Lord.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.17.2">b</a> <A name="19"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-18.htm">18</a>For then you will have a future,and your hope will not be dashed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.18.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="20"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-19.htm">19</a>Listen, my son, and be wise;keep your mind on the right course. <A name="21"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-20.htm">20</a>Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.20.1">a</a>or with those who gorge themselves on meat.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.20.2">b</a> <A name="22"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-21.htm">21</a>For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,and grogginess will clothe them in rags.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.21.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="23"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-22.htm">22</a>Listen to your father who gave you life,and don’t despise your mother when<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Proverbs.23.22.1">A</a> she is old.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.22.1">a</a> <A name="24"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-23.htm">23</a>Buy — and do not sell — truth,wisdom, instruction, and understanding.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.23.1">a</a> <A name="25"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-24.htm">24</a>The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.24.1">a</a> <A name="26"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-25.htm">25</a>Let your father and mother have joy,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.25.1">a</a>and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="27"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-26.htm">26</a>My son, give me your heart,and let your eyes observe my ways. <A name="28"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-27.htm">27</a>For a prostitute is a deep pit,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.27.1">a</a>and a wayward woman is a narrow well; <A name="29"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-28.htm">28</a>indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.28.1">a</a>and increases the number of unfaithful people.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="30"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">29</a>Who has woe? Who has sorrow?Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?Who has wounds for no reason?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.29.1">a</a>Who has red eyes? <A name="31"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-30.htm">30</a>Those who linger over wine;those who go looking for mixed wine.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.30.1">a</a> <A name="32"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-31.htm">31</a>Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.31.1">a</a>because it gleams in the cupand goes down smoothly.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.31.2">b</a> <A name="33"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-32.htm">32</a>In the end it bites like a snakeand stings like a viper. <A name="34"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-33.htm">33</a>Your eyes will see strange things,and you will say absurd things.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Proverbs.23.33.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.33.1">a</a> <A name="35"></a><a href="/proverbs/23-34.htm">34</a>You’ll be like someone sleeping out at seaor lying down on the top of a ship’s mast. <a href="/proverbs/23-35.htm">35</a>“They struck me, but<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Proverbs.23.35.1">A</a> I feel no pain!They beat me, but I didn’t know it!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.35.1">a</a>When will I wake up?I’ll look for another drink.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Proverbs.23.35.2">b</a></blockquote> <section id="footnotes-Proverbs.23" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Proverbs.23.1.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.1">23:1</a> Or who</aside><aside id="fn.Proverbs.23.2.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.2">23:2</a> Lit you are the master of an</aside><aside id="fn.Proverbs.23.6.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.6">23:6</a> Lit eat bread of an evil eye</aside><aside id="fn.Proverbs.23.7.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.7">23:7</a> LXX reads it is like someone swallowing a hair in the throat</aside><aside id="fn.Proverbs.23.9.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.9">23:9</a> Lit in the ears of</aside><aside id="fn.Proverbs.23.22.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.22">23:22</a> Or because</aside><aside id="fn.Proverbs.23.33.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.33">23:33</a> Or will speak perversities, or inverted things</aside><aside id="fn.Proverbs.23.35.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.35">23:35</a> LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read me,” you will say, “but</aside> <section id="cross-references-Proverbs.23" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.3.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.3">23:3</a> Gn 27:4; Pr 23:6; Dn 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.4.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.4">23:4</a> Pr 15:27; 28:20; Mt 6:19; 1Tm 6:9–10; Heb 13:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.5.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.5">23:5</a> Pr 27:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.6.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.6">23:6</a> Dt 15:9; Pr 28:22; Mt 6:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.6.2"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.6">23:6</a> Pr 23:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.7.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.7">23:7</a> Mt 6:21; Lk 12:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.7.2"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.7">23:7</a> Pr 26:24–25</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.9.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.9">23:9</a> Mt 7:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.10.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.10">23:10</a> Pr 22:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.11.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.11">23:11</a> Jr 50:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.11.2"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.11">23:11</a> Pr 22:22–23</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.13.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.13">23:13</a> Pr 13:24; 19:18; 22:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.14.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.14">23:14</a> 1Co 5:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.15.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.15">23:15</a> Pr 10:1; 15:20; 23:24–25; 29:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.16.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.16">23:16</a> Pr 8:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.17.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.17">23:17</a> Ps 37:1; Pr 24:1,19</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.17.2"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.17">23:17</a> Pr 28:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.18.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.18">23:18</a> Ps 9:18; Pr 10:28; 24:14; Jr 29:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.20.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.20">23:20</a> Pr 20:1; 23:29–30; Is 5:22; Mt 24:49; Lk 21:34; Rm 13:13; Eph 5:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.20.2"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.20">23:20</a> Pr 28:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.21.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.21">23:21</a> Pr 6:10–11</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.22.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.22">23:22</a> Pr 1:8; 15:20; Eph 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.23.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.23">23:23</a> Pr 4:5,7; 16:16; 18:15; Mt 13:44</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.24.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.24">23:24</a> Pr 10:1; 23:15; 29:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.25.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.25">23:25</a> Pr 27:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.27.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.27">23:27</a> Pr 22:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.28.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.28">23:28</a> Pr 6:26; 7:12,22–23; Ec 7:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.29.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.29">23:29</a> Pr 23:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.30.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.30">23:30</a> Is 5:11,22</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.31.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.31">23:31</a> Eph 5:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.31.2"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.31">23:31</a> Sg 7:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.33.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.33">23:33</a> Is 28:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Proverbs.23.35.1"><a href="#start-Proverbs.23.35">23:35</a> Pr 23:29; 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