When you sit to eat with a ruler, Gen 43:32-34Jud 1:12
consider diligently what is before you;
put a knife to your throat Php 3:19Mat 18:8-91Co 9:27
if you are a man given to appetite.
Don’t be desirous of his dainties, Pro 23:6Luk 21:34Psa 141:4Dan 1:8Eph 4:22
since they are deceitful food.
Don’t weary yourself to be rich. Heb 13:5Pro 28:201Ti 6:8-10Mat 6:19Pro 3:5Jhn 6:27Pro 15:27Rom 12:16
In your wisdom, show restraint.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? Pro 27:241Jn 2:161Ti 6:17Jas 5:1-2Mat 6:19Psa 119:36-37Ecc 12:8Gen 42:36
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, Pro 23:3Psa 141:4Dan 1:8-10Deu 15:9Mat 20:15Deu 28:56Pro 22:9Pro 28:22
and don’t crave his delicacies,
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. Psa 12:2Psa 55:21Jdg 16:15Mat 9:3-4Luk 11:37-54Luk 7:39Dan 11:27Pro 19:22
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten
and waste your pleasant words.
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, Pro 9:7-8Mat 7:6Pro 26:4-5Pro 1:71Co 1:21-24Act 13:45-46Act 28:25-28Isa 36:21
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Pro 22:28Zec 7:10Deu 27:17Jas 1:27Jer 22:3Deu 19:14Job 24:2-3Jer 7:5
Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their Defender is strong. Pro 22:23Job 19:25Deu 27:19Exo 22:22-24Psa 12:5Jer 51:36Jer 50:33-34
He will plead their case against you.
Apply your heart to instruction, Pro 5:1-2Pro 2:2-6Jas 1:21-25Pro 23:19Ezk 33:31Mat 13:52Pro 22:17
and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Don’t withhold correction from a child. Pro 13:24Pro 19:18Pro 29:15Pro 29:17
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Punish him with the rod, 1Co 11:321Co 5:5Pro 22:15
and save his soul from Sheol. 1
My son, if your heart is wise, Pro 23:24-252Jn 1:43Jn 1:3-4Pro 29:3Zep 3:171Jn 2:11Th 3:8-9Jhn 15:11
then my heart will be glad, even mine.
Yes, my heart will rejoice Pro 8:6Eph 5:4Col 4:4Eph 4:29Jas 3:2
when your lips speak what is right.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners, Pro 28:142Co 7:1Pro 15:161Pe 1:17Act 9:31Ecc 5:7Psa 37:1-3Pro 3:31
but rather fear the LORD all day long.
Indeed surely there is a future hope, Heb 10:35Jer 29:11Psa 9:18Php 1:20Pro 24:14Pro 24:20Rom 6:21-22Psa 37:37
and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my son, and be wise, Pro 23:26Pro 23:12Pro 4:10-23Pro 6:6Pro 9:6
and keep your heart on the right path!
Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, Eph 5:18Luk 21:34Isa 5:22Rom 13:131Pe 4:3-4Isa 22:13Isa 5:11Luk 15:13
or those who gorge themselves on meat;
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; Pro 21:17Php 3:19Pro 19:151Co 5:11Deu 21:20Gal 5:21Pro 6:9-111Co 6:10
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Listen to your father who gave you life, Pro 30:17Pro 1:8Jhn 19:26-27Eph 6:1-2Pro 6:20Deu 27:16Deu 21:18-21Lev 19:3
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Pro 18:15Mat 13:44Psa 119:72Pro 16:16Heb 11:26Isa 55:1Php 3:7-8Pro 10:1
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
The father of the righteous has great joy. Pro 10:1Pro 15:20Pro 23:15-16Pro 29:3Phm 1:20Phm 1:91Ki 2:1-31Ki 2:9
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Let your father and your mother be glad! Pro 17:25Luk 1:58Luk 11:27-281Ch 4:9-10Luk 1:40-47Luk 1:31-33
Let her who bore you rejoice!
My son, give me your heart; Psa 119:2Psa 119:9-11Deu 6:5Mat 10:37-38Pro 4:25-27Pro 3:1Pro 4:232Co 5:14-15
and let your eyes keep in my ways.
For a prostitute is a deep pit; Pro 22:14
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, Ecc 7:261Co 10:8Hos 4:11Pro 7:12Pro 22:14Rev 17:1-2Jer 3:2Pro 2:16-19
and increases the unfaithful among men.
Who has woe? Eph 5:181Sa 25:36-372Sa 13:28Isa 28:7-8Isa 5:11Isa 5:22Luk 12:45-46Pro 23:21
Who has sorrow?
Who has strife?
Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who stay long at the wine; Eph 5:18Isa 5:11Pro 20:1Amo 6:6Pro 9:2Psa 75:8Gen 9:21
those who go to seek out mixed wine.
Don’t look at the wine when it is red, 1Jn 2:16Psa 119:372Sa 11:2Mrk 9:47Pro 6:25Job 33:1Mat 5:28-30
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly.
In the end, it bites like a snake, Isa 28:3Isa 28:7-8Luk 16:25-26Amo 5:19Amo 9:3Ecc 10:8Exo 7:12Exo 7:5-6
and poisons like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, Jud 1:12-13Hos 7:5Pro 2:12Pro 31:5Dan 5:4Gen 19:32-38Psa 69:12
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, 1Th 5:2-71Ki 16:91Sa 30:16-172Sa 13:28Luk 17:27-29Luk 21:34Mat 24:381Sa 25:33-38
or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
“They hit me, and I was not hurt! Jer 5:3Isa 56:121Co 15:32-342Pe 2:22Isa 22:13Pro 26:11Pro 27:22Deu 29:19
They beat me, and I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up? I can do it again.
I will look for more.”