Proverbs 22 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Proverbs 23

¹When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

KJVWhen thou sittest^H3427^(H8799) to eat^H3898^(H8800) with a ruler^H4910^(H8802), consider^H995^(H8799) diligently^H995^(H8800) what is before^H6440 thee:

² put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

KJVAnd put^H7760^(H8804) a knife^H7915 to thy throat^H3930, if thou be a man given^H1167 to appetite^H5315.

³ Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

KJVBe not desirous^H183^(H8691) of his dainties^H4303: for they are deceitful^H3577 meat^H3899.

⁴ Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

KJVLabour^H3021^(H8799) not to be rich^H6238^(H8687): cease^H2308^(H8798) from thine own wisdom^H998.

⁵ Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

KJVWilt thou set^H5774^(H8686)^(H8675)^H5774^(H8799) thine eyes^H5869 upon that which is not? for riches certainly^H6213^(H8800) make^H6213^(H8799) themselves wings^H3671; they fly away^H5774^(H8799)^(H8675)^H5774^(H8687) as an eagle^H5404 toward heaven^H8064.

⁶ Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,

KJVEat^H3898^(H8799) thou not the bread^H3899 of him that hath an evil^H7451 eye^H5869, neither desire^H183^(H8691) thou his dainty meats^H4303:

⁷ for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

KJVFor as he thinketh^H8176^(H8804) in his heart^H5315, so is he: Eat^H398^(H8798) and drink^H8354^(H8798), saith^H559^(H8799) he to thee; but his heart^H3820 is not with thee.

⁸ You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

KJVThe morsel^H6595 which thou hast eaten^H398^(H8804) shalt thou vomit up^H6958^(H8686), and lose^H7843^(H8765) thy sweet^H5273 words^H1697.

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

KJVSpeak^H1696^(H8762) not in the ears^H241 of a fool^H3684: for he will despise^H936^(H8799) the wisdom^H7922 of thy words^H4405.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

KJVRemove^H5253^(H8686) not the old^H5769 landmark^H1366; and enter^H935^(H8799) not into the fields^H7704 of the fatherless^H3490:

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

KJVFor their redeemer^H1350^(H8802) is mighty^H2389; he shall plead^H7378^(H8799) their cause^H7379 with thee.

¹² Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

KJVApply^H935^(H8685) thine heart^H3820 unto instruction^H4148, and thine ears^H241 to the words^H561 of knowledge^H1847.

¹³ Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

KJVWithhold^H4513^(H8799) not correction^H4148 from the child^H5288: for if thou beatest^H5221^(H8686) him with the rod^H7626, he shall not die^H4191^(H8799).

¹⁴ Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

KJVThou shalt beat^H5221^(H8686) him with the rod^H7626, and shalt deliver^H5337^(H8686) his soul^H5315 from hell^H7585.

¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.

KJVMy son^H1121, if thine heart^H3820 be wise^H2449^(H8804), my heart^H3820 shall rejoice^H8055^(H8799), even mine^H589.

¹⁶ Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

KJVYea, my reins^H3629 shall rejoice^H5937^(H8799), when thy lips^H8193 speak^H1696^(H8763) right things^H4339.

¹⁷ Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

KJVLet not thine heart^H3820 envy^H7065^(H8762) sinners^H2400: but be thou in the fear^H3374 of the LORD^H3068 all the day^H3117 long.

¹⁸ Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

KJVFor surely there is^H3426 an end^H319; and thine expectation^H8615 shall not be cut off^H3772^(H8735).

¹⁹ Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) thou, my son^H1121, and be wise^H2449^(H8798), and guide^H833^(H8761) thine heart^H3820 in the way^H1870.

²⁰ Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;

KJVBe not among winebibbers^H3196^H5433^(H8802); among riotous eaters^H2151^(H8802) of flesh^H1320:

²¹ for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

KJVFor the drunkard^H5433^(H8802) and the glutton^H2151^(H8802) shall come to poverty^H3423^(H8735): and drowsiness^H5124 shall clothe^H3847^(H8686) a man with rags^H7168.

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

KJVHearken^H8085^(H8798) unto thy father^H1 that begat^H3205^(H8804) thee, and despise^H936^(H8799) not thy mother^H517 when she is old^H2204^(H8804).

²³ Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

KJVBuy^H7069^(H8798) the truth^H571, and sell^H4376^(H8799) it not; also wisdom^H2451, and instruction^H4148, and understanding^H998.

²⁴ The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

KJVThe father^H1 of the righteous^H6662 shall greatly^H1524 rejoice^H1523^(H8799): and he that begetteth^H3205^(H8802) a wise^H2450 child shall have joy^H8055^(H8799) of him.

²⁵ Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

KJVThy father^H1 and thy mother^H517 shall be glad^H8055^(H8799), and she that bare^H3205^(H8802) thee shall rejoice^H1523^(H8799).

²⁶ My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

KJVMy son^H1121, give^H5414^(H8798) me thine heart^H3820, and let thine eyes^H5869 observe^H7521^(H8799)^H5341^(H8799) my ways^H1870.

²⁷ For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

KJVFor a whore^H2181^(H8802) is a deep^H6013 ditch^H7745; and a strange woman^H5237 is a narrow^H6862 pit^H875.

²⁸ Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

KJVShe also lieth in wait^H693^(H8799) as for a prey^H2863, and increaseth^H3254^(H8686) the transgressors^H898^(H8802) among men^H120.

²⁹ Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

KJVWho hath woe^H188? who hath sorrow^H17? who hath contentions^H4079^(H8675)^H4066? who hath babbling^H7879? who hath wounds^H6482 without cause^H2600? who hath redness^H2448 of eyes^H5869?

³⁰ Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

KJVThey that tarry long^H309^(H8764) at the wine^H3196; they that go^H935^(H8802) to seek^H2713^(H8800) mixed wine^H4469.

³¹ Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

KJVLook^H7200^(H8799) not thou upon the wine^H3196 when it is red^H119^(H8691), when it giveth^H5414^(H8799) his colour^H5869 in the cup^H3563^(H8675)^H3599, when it moveth^H1980^(H8691) itself aright^H4339.

³² In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

KJVAt the last^H319 it biteth^H5391^(H8799) like a serpent^H5175, and stingeth^H6567^(H8686) like an adder^H6848.

³³ Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

KJVThine eyes^H5869 shall behold^H7200^(H8799) strange women^H2114^(H8801), and thine heart^H3820 shall utter^H1696^(H8762) perverse things^H8419.

³⁴ Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

KJVYea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down^H7901^(H8802) in the midst^H3820 of the sea^H3220, or as he that lieth^H7901^(H8802) upon the top^H7218 of a mast^H2260.

³⁵ “They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”

KJVThey have stricken^H5221^(H8689) me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick^H2470^(H8804); they have beaten^H1986^(H8804) me, and I felt^H3045^(H8804) it not: when shall I awake^H6974^(H8686)? I will seek^H1245^(H8762) it yet^H3254^(H8686) again.

WEB·Proverbs 22

¹A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

KJVA good name^H8034 is rather to be chosen^H977^(H8737) than great^H7227 riches^H6239, and loving^H2896 favour^H2580 rather than silver^H3701 and gold^H2091.

² The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

KJVThe rich^H6223 and poor^H7326^(H8802) meet together^H6298^(H8738): the LORD^H3068 is the maker^H6213^(H8802) of them all.

³ A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

KJVA prudent^H6175 man foreseeth^H7200^(H8804) the evil^H7451, and hideth^H5641^(H8738)^(H8675)^H5641^(H8799) himself: but the simple^H6612 pass on^H5674^(H8804), and are punished^H6064^(H8738).

⁴ The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

KJVBy^H6118 humility^H6038 and the fear^H3374 of the LORD^H3068 are riches^H6239, and honour^H3519, and life^H2416.

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.

KJVThorns^H6791 and snares^H6341 are in the way^H1870 of the froward^H6141: he that doth keep^H8104^(H8802) his soul^H5315 shall be far^H7368^(H8799) from them.

⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

KJVTrain up^H2596^(H8798) a child^H5288 in the way^H1870 he should go^H6310: and when he is old^H2204^(H8686), he will not depart^H5493^(H8799) from it.

⁷ The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

KJVThe rich^H6223 ruleth^H4910^(H8799) over the poor^H7326^(H8802), and the borrower^H3867^(H8801) is servant^H5650 to the lender^H376^H3867^(H8688).

⁸ He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

KJVHe that soweth^H2232^(H8802) iniquity^H5766 shall reap^H7114^(H8799) vanity^H205: and the rod^H7626 of his anger^H5678 shall fail^H3615^(H8799).

⁹ He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

KJVHe that hath a bountiful^H2896 eye^H5869 shall be blessed^H1288^(H8792); for he giveth^H5414^(H8804) of his bread^H3899 to the poor^H1800.

¹⁰ Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

KJVCast out^H1644^(H8763) the scorner^H3887^(H8801), and contention^H4066 shall go out^H3318^(H8799); yea, strife^H1779 and reproach^H7036 shall cease^H7673^(H8799).

¹¹ He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

KJVHe that loveth^H157^(H8802) pureness^H2890^(H8675)^H2889 of heart^H3820, for the grace^H2580 of his lips^H8193 the king^H4428 shall be his friend^H7453.

¹² Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

KJVThe eyes^H5869 of the LORD^H3068 preserve^H5341^(H8804) knowledge^H1847, and he overthroweth^H5557^(H8762) the words^H1697 of the transgressor^H898^(H8802).

¹³ The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

KJVThe slothful^H6102 man saith^H559^(H8804), There is a lion^H738 without^H2351, I shall be slain^H7523^(H8735) in^H8432 the streets^H7339.

¹⁴ The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.

KJVThe mouth^H6310 of strange women^H2114^(H8801) is a deep^H6013 pit^H7745: he that is abhorred^H2194^(H8803) of the LORD^H3068 shall fall^H5307^(H8799) therein.

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

KJVFoolishness^H200 is bound^H7194^(H8803) in the heart^H3820 of a child^H5288; but the rod^H7626 of correction^H4148 shall drive it far^H7368^(H8686) from him.

¹⁶ Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

KJVHe that oppresseth^H6231^(H8802) the poor^H1800 to increase^H7235^(H8687) his riches, and he that giveth^H5414^(H8802) to the rich^H6223, shall surely come to want^H4270.

¹⁷ Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

KJVBow down^H5186^(H8685) thine ear^H241, and hear^H8085^(H8798) the words^H1697 of the wise^H2450, and apply^H7896^(H8799) thine heart^H3820 unto my knowledge^H1847.

¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

KJVFor it is a pleasant thing^H5273 if thou keep^H8104^(H8799) them within^H990 thee; they shall withal^H3162 be fitted^H3559^(H8735) in thy lips^H8193.

¹⁹ I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in Yahweh.

KJVThat thy trust^H4009 may be in the LORD^H3068, I have made known^H3045^(H8689) to thee this day^H3117, even to thee.

²⁰ Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,

KJVHave not I written^H3789^(H8804) to thee^H8032 excellent things^H7991 in counsels^H4156 and knowledge^H1847,

²¹ To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

KJVThat I might make thee know^H3045^(H8687) the certainty^H7189 of the words^H561 of truth^H571; that thou mightest answer^H7725^(H8687) the words^H561 of truth^H571 to them that send^H7971^(H8802) unto thee?

²² Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;

KJVRob^H1497^(H8799) not the poor^H1800, because he is poor^H1800: neither oppress^H1792^(H8762) the afflicted^H6041 in the gate^H8179:

²³ for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 will plead^H7378^(H8799) their cause^H7379, and spoil^H6906^(H8804) the soul^H5315 of those that spoiled^H6906^(H8802) them.

²⁴ Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,

KJVMake no friendship^H7462^(H8691) with an angry^H639 man^H1167; and with a furious^H2534 man^H376 thou shalt not go^H935^(H8799):

²⁵ lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.

KJVLest thou learn^H502^(H8799) his ways^H734, and get^H3947^(H8804) a snare^H4170 to thy soul^H5315.

²⁶ Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

KJVBe not thou one of them that strike^H8628^(H8802) hands^H3709, or of them that are sureties^H6148^(H8802) for debts^H4859.

²⁷ If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

KJVIf thou hast nothing to pay^H7999^(H8763), why should he take away^H3947^(H8799) thy bed^H4904 from under thee?

²⁸ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.

KJVRemove^H5253^(H8686) not the ancient^H5769 landmark^H1366, which thy fathers^H1 have set^H6213^(H8804).

²⁹ Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

KJVSeest^H2372^(H8804) thou a man^H376 diligent^H4106 in his business^H4399? he shall stand^H3320^(H8691) before^H6440 kings^H4428; he shall not stand^H3320^(H8691) before^H6440 mean^H2823 men.

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