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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Proverbs 23 KJV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">KJV</a> > Proverbs 23</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/22.htm" title="Proverbs 22">◄</a> Proverbs 23 <a href="../proverbs/24.htm" title="Proverbs 24">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">King James Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/kjv/esv/proverbs/23.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Consider Diligently what is Before You</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what <i>is</i> before thee:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And put a knife to thy throat, if thou <i>be</i> a man given to appetite.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Be not desirous of his dainties: for they <i>are</i> deceitful meat.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for <i>riches</i> certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Eat thou not the bread of <i>him that hath</i> an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For as he thinketh in his heart, so <i>is</i> he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart <i>is</i> not with thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The morsel <i>which</i> thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For their redeemer <i>is</i> mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Withhold not correction from the child: for <i>if</i> thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let not thine heart envy sinners: but <i>be thou</i> in the fear of the LORD all the day long.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe <i>a man</i> with rags.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Buy the truth, and sell <i>it</i> not; <i>also</i> wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise <i>child</i> shall have joy of him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For a whore <i>is</i> a deep ditch; and a strange woman <i>is</i> a narrow pit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>She also lieth in wait as <i>for</i> a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, <i>when</i> it moveth itself aright.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/23-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>They have stricken me, <i>shalt thou say, and</i> I was not sick; they have beaten me, <i>and</i> I felt <i>it</i> not: when shall I awake? 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