Proverbs 23 | BSB Bible Study

Proverbs 23:1 (BSB)
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

Proverbs 23:2 (BSB)
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

Proverbs 23:3 (BSB)
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

Proverbs 23:4 (BSB)
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Proverbs 23:5 (BSB)
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Proverbs 23:6 (BSB)
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

Proverbs 23:7 (BSB)
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:8 (BSB)
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Proverbs 23:9 (BSB)
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 23:10 (BSB)
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Proverbs 23:11 (BSB)
for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

Proverbs 23:12 (BSB)
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:13 (BSB)
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

Proverbs 23:14 (BSB)
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 23:15 (BSB)
My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

Proverbs 23:16 (BSB)
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Proverbs 23:17 (BSB)
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

Proverbs 23:18 (BSB)
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 23:19 (BSB)
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

Proverbs 23:20 (BSB)
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

Proverbs 23:21 (BSB)
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Proverbs 23:22 (BSB)
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:23 (BSB)
Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Proverbs 23:24 (BSB)
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Proverbs 23:25 (BSB)
May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

Proverbs 23:26 (BSB)
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Proverbs 23:27 (BSB)
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

Proverbs 23:28 (BSB)
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Proverbs 23:29 (BSB)
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Proverbs 23:30 (BSB)
Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

Proverbs 23:31 (BSB)
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Proverbs 23:32 (BSB)
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Proverbs 23:33 (BSB)
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

Proverbs 23:34 (BSB)
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

Proverbs 23:35 (BSB)
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

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