| 1 | When you sit to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently what is before you; | Gn 43:32-34 Jud 1:12 |
| 2 | Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite. | Mt 18:8 Mt 18:9 1Co 9:27 Php 3:19 |
| 3 | Don`t be desirous of his dainties, Seeing they are deceitful food. | Pr 23:6 Ps 141:4 Dn 1:8 Lk 21:34 Eph 4:22 |
| 4 | Don`t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. | Pr 28:20 Jn 6:27 1Ti 6:8-10 |
| 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. | Ps 119:36 Ps 119:37 Jer 22:17 1Jn 2:16 |
| 6 | Don`t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, And don`t crave his delicacies: | Pr 22:9 Dt 15:9 Dt 28:56 Mt 20:15 Mk 7:22 |
| 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. | Pr 19:22 Mt 9:3 Mt 9:4 Lk 7:39 |
| 8 | The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words. |
| 9 | Don`t speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. | Pr 9:7 Pr 9:8 Pr 26:4 Pr 26:5 Isa 36:21 Mt 7:6 Ac 13:45 Ac 13:46 Ac 28:25-28 |
| 10 | Don`t move the ancient boundary stone. Don`t encroach on the fields of the fatherless: | Pr 22:28 Dt 19:14 Dt 27:17 Jb 24:2 |
| 11 | For their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you. | Pr 22:23 Ex 22:22-24 Dt 27:19 Ps 12:5 Jer 50:33 Jer 50:34 Jer 51:36 |
| 12 | Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to the words of knowledge. | Pr 23:19 Pr 2:2-6 Pr 5:1 Pr 5:2 Pr 22:17 Ezk 33:31 Mt 13:52 Jm 1:21-25 |
| 13 | Don`t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. | Pr 13:24 Pr 19:18 Pr 29:15 Pr 29:17 |
| 14 | Punish him with the rod, And save his soul from Sheol. | Pr 22:15 1Co 5:5 1Co 11:32 |
| 15 | My son, if your heart is wise, Then my heart will be glad, even mine: | Pr 1:10 Pr 2:1 Pr 4:1 Mt 9:2 Jn 21:5 1Jn 2:1 |
| 16 | Yes, my heart will rejoice, When your lips speak what is right. | Pr 8:6 Eph 4:29 Eph 5:4 Col 4:4 Jm 3:2 |
| 17 | Don`t let your heart envy sinners; But rather fear Yahweh all the day long. | Pr 3:31 Pr 24:1 Ps 37:1-3 Ps 73:3-7 |
| 18 | Indeed surely there is a future hope, And your hope will not be cut off. | Ps 37:37 Jer 29:11 Lk 16:25 Ro 6:21 Ro 6:22 |
| 19 | Listen, my son, and be wise, And keep your heart on the right path! | Pr 23:12 Pr 23:26 Pr 4:10-23 |
| 20 | Don`t be among ones drinking too much wine, Or those who gorge themselves on meat: | Pr 23:29-35 Pr 20:1 Pr 28:7 Pr 31:6 Pr 31:7 Isa 5:11 Isa 5:22 Isa 22:13 Mt 24:49 Lk 15:13 Lk 16:19 Lk 21:34 Ro 13:13 Eph 5:18 1Pe 4:3 1Pe 4:4 |
| 21 | For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; And drowsiness clothes them in rags. | Pr 21:17 Dt 21:20 Isa 28:1-3 Jl 1:5 1Co 5:11 1Co 6:10 Ga 5:21 Php 3:19 |
| 22 | Listen to your father who gave you life, And don`t despise your mother when she is old. | Pr 1:8 Pr 6:20 Dt 21:18-21 Dt 27:16 Mk 7:10 Eph 6:1 Eph 6:2 |
| 23 | Buy the truth, and don`t sell it: Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. | Pr 2:2-4 Pr 4:5-7 Pr 10:1 Pr 16:16 Pr 17:16 Jb 28:12-19 Ps 119:72 Ps 119:127 Isa 55:1 Mt 13:44 Mt 13:46 Php 3:7 Php 3:8 Rev 3:18 |
| 24 | The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. | Pr 23:15 Pr 23:16 Pr 10:1 Pr 15:20 1Ki 1:48 1Ki 2:1-3 1Ki 2:9-3 Ec 2:19 |
| 25 | Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice! | Pr 17:25 1Ch 4:9 1Ch 4:10 Lk 1:31-33 Lk 1:40-47 Lk 1:58-47 Lk 11:27 Lk 11:28 |
| 26 | My son, give me your heart; And let your eyes keep in my ways. | Pr 4:23 Dt 6:5 Mt 10:37 Mt 10:38 Lk 14:26 2Co 5:14 2Co 5:15 2Co 8:5 Eph 3:17 |
| 27 | For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well. | Pr 22:14 |
| 28 | Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, And increases the unfaithful among men. | Pr 2:16-19 Pr 7:12 Pr 7:22-27 Pr 9:18 Pr 22:14 Jg 16:4-22 Ec 7:26 Jer 3:2 |
| 29 | Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? | Pr 23:21 Pr 20:1 1Sa 25:36 1Sa 25:37 2Sa 13:28 1Ki 20:16-22 Isa 5:11 Isa 5:22 Isa 28:7 Isa 28:8 Nah 1:10 Mt 24:49 Mt 24:50 Lk 12:45 Lk 12:46 Eph 5:18 |
| 30 | Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine. | Pr 20:1 Gn 9:21 Isa 5:11 Am 6:6 Eph 5:18 |
| 31 | Don`t look at the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly: | Pr 6:25 2Sa 11:2 Jb 33:1 Ps 119:37 Mt 5:28-30 Mk 9:47 1Jn 2:16 |
| 32 | At the last it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper. | Pr 5:11 Isa 28:3 Isa 28:7 Isa 28:8 Jer 5:31 Ex 7:5 Ex 7:6 Ex 7:12 Lk 16:25 Lk 16:26 Ro 6:21 |
| 33 | Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will imagine confusing things. | Gn 19:32-38 |
| 34 | Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or as he who lies on top of the rigging: | 1Sa 25:33-38 1Sa 30:16 1Sa 30:17 2Sa 13:28 1Ki 16:9 1Ki 20:16-22 Jl 1:5 Mt 24:38 Lk 17:27-29 Lk 21:34 1Th 5:2-7 |
| 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 can find another." | Pr 27:22 Jer 5:3 Jer 31:18 |
