20:023:003 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
20:023:004 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
20:023:005 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which
is not? for riches
certainly
make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle
toward
heaven.
20:023:006 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath
an evil eye, neither
desire
thou his dainty meats:
20:023:007 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is
he: Eat and drink,
saith
he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
20:023:008 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt
thou vomit up, and lose
thy
sweet words.
20:023:009 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for
he will despise the
wisdom
of thy words.
20:023:010 Remove not the old landmark; and enter
not into the fields of
the
fatherless:
20:023:011 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall
plead their cause with
thee.
20:023:012 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and
thine ears to the
words
of knowledge.
20:023:013 Withhold not correction from the child:
for if thou beatest
him
with the rod, he shall not die.
20:023:014 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt
deliver his soul
from
hell.
20:023:015 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart
shall rejoice, even
mine.
20:023:016 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
20:023:017 Let not thine heart envy sinners:
but be thou in the fear of
the
lord all the day long.
20:023:018 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation
shall not be
cut
off.
20:023:019 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide
thine heart in the
way.
20:023:020 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
20:023:021 For the drunkard and the glutton shall
come to poverty: and
drowsiness
shall clothe a man with rags.
20:023:022 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,
and despise not thy
mother
when she is old.
20:023:023 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom,
and instruction,
and
understanding.
20:023:024 The father of the righteous shall greatly
rejoice: and he that
begetteth
a wise child shall have joy of him.
20:023:025 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,
and she that bare
thee
shall rejoice.
20:023:026 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine
eyes observe my
ways.
20:023:027 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange
woman is a narrow
pit.
20:023:028 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and
increaseth the
transgressors
among men.


