Proverbs 23:4-34

Proverbs 23:4-34

[4] Labour  not to be rich:  cease  from thine own wisdom.  [5] Wilt thou set  thine eyes  upon that which is not? for riches certainly  themselves wings;  they fly away  as an eagle  toward heaven.  [6] Eat  thou not the bread  of him that hath an evil  eye,  neither desire  thou his dainty meats:  [7] For as he thinketh  in his heart,  so is he: Eat  and drink,  saith  he to thee; but his heart  is not with thee. [8] The morsel  which thou hast eaten  shalt thou vomit up,  and lose  thy sweet  words.  [9] Speak  not in the ears  of a fool:  for he will despise  the wisdom  of thy words.  [10] Remove  not the old  landmark;  and enter  not into the fields  of the fatherless:  [11] For their redeemer  is mighty;  he shall plead  their cause  [12] Apply  thine heart  unto instruction,  and thine ears  to the words  of knowledge.  [13] Withhold  not correction  from the child:  for if thou beatest  him with the rod,  he shall not die.  [14] Thou shalt beat  him with the rod,  and shalt deliver  his soul  from hell.  [15] My son,  if thine heart  be wise,  my heart  shall rejoice,  even mine.  [16] Yea, my reins  shall rejoice,  when thy lips  speak  right things.  [17] Let not thine heart  envy  sinners:  but be thou in the fear  of the LORD  all the day  [18] For surely there is  an end;  and thine expectation  shall not be cut off.  [19] Hear  thou, my son,  and be wise,  and guide  thine heart  in the way.  [20] Be not among winebibbers;  among riotous eaters  of flesh:  [21] For the drunkard  and the glutton  shall come to poverty:  and drowsiness  shall clothe  a man with rags.  [22] Hearken  unto thy father  that begat  thee, and despise  not thy mother  when she is old.  [23] Buy  the truth,  and sell  it not; also wisdom,  and instruction,  and understanding.  [24] The father  of the righteous  rejoice:  and he that begetteth  a wise  child shall have joy  of him. [25] Thy father  and thy mother  shall be glad,  and she that bare  thee shall rejoice.  [26] My son,  give  me thine heart,  and let thine eyes  observe  my ways.  [27] For a whore  is a deep  ditch;  and a strange woman  is a narrow  pit.  [28] She also lieth in wait  as for a prey,  and increaseth  the transgressors  among men.  [29] Who hath woe?  who hath sorrow?  who hath babbling?  who hath wounds  without cause?  who hath redness  of eyes?  [30] They that tarry long  at the wine;  they that go  to seek  mixed wine.  [31] Look  not thou upon the wine  when it is red,  when it giveth  his colour  when it moveth  itself aright.  [32] At the last  it biteth  like a serpent,  and stingeth  like an adder.  [33] Thine eyes  shall behold  strange women,  and thine heart  shall utter  perverse things.  [34] 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.