Proverbs 23



Saying Eleven



10 (Pr 22:28; Dt 19:14) Do not remove the old landmark,

nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

11 (Pr 22:23; Job 19:25) for their Redeemer is mighty;

He will plead their cause with you.



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 with thee.



Saying Twelve



12 Apply your heart to instruction,

and your ears to the words of knowledge.



12 Apply thine heart unto instruction,

And thine ears to the words of knowledge.



Saying Thirteen



13 (Pr 13:24; 19:18) Do not withhold correction from a child,

for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

14 (1Co 5:5) You shall beat him with the rod,

and deliver his soul from death.



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.



Saying Fourteen



15 (Pr 29:3; 23:24-25) My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart will rejoice-even mine.

16 (Pr 8:6 )Yes, my inmost being will rejoice

when your lips speak right things.



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.



Saying Fifteen



17 (Pr 28:14; 24:1) Do not let your heart envy sinners,

but continue in the fear of the Lord all day long;

18 (Ps 9:18; Pr 24:14) for surely there is an end,

and your expectation will not be cut off.



17 Let not thine heart envy sinners:

But be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

18 For surely there is an end;

And thine expectation shall not be cut off.



Saying Sixteen



19 Hear, my son, and be wise;

and guide your heart in the way.

20 (Isa 5:22; Ro 13:13) Do not be among winebibbers,

among riotous eaters of meat;

21 (Pr 21:17; Dt 21:20) for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,

and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.



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.





Saying Seventeen



22 (Pr 1:8; 30:17) Listen to your father who gave you life,

and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23 (Mt 13:44) Buy the truth, and do not sell it,

also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

24 (Pr 10:1; 15:20) The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,

and he who fathers a wise child will have joy of him.

25 (Pr 17:25) Your father and your mother will be glad,

and she who bore you will rejoice.



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 shall greatly 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.



Saying Eighteen



26 My son, give me your heart,

and let your eyes observe my ways.

27 (Pr 22:14) For a prostitute is a deep ditch,

and a seductress is a narrow pit.

28 (Pr 7:12; Ecc 7:26) She also lies in wait as for a prey,

and increases the transgressors among men.



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.



Saying Nineteen



29 (Ge 49:12; Pr 23:21) Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has contentions? Who has babbling?

Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

30 (Ps 75:8; Isa 5:11) Those who tarry long at the wine,

those who go to seek mixed wine.

31 Do not look on the wine when it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup,

when it swirls around smoothly;

32 at the last it bites like a serpent,

and stings like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange things,

and your heart will utter perverse things.

34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea,

or as he who lies upon the top of a mast.

35 (Isa 56:12; Jer 5:3) "They have stricken me," you will say,

"and I was not sick;

they have beaten me, and I did not feel it.

When will I awake?

I will seek it yet again."



29 Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow?

Who hath contentions? 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 in the cup,

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.

35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick;

They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake?

I will seek it yet again.



Proverbs 24



Saying Twenty



1 (Ps 37:1; Pr 3:31) Do not be envious against evil men,

nor desire to be with them;

2 (Ps 10:7; Job 15:35) for their heart studies destruction,

and their lips talk of mischief.



1 Be not thou envious against evil men,

Neither desire to be with them.

2 For their heart studieth destruction,

And their lips talk of mischief.



Saying Twenty-One



3 (Pr 14:1; 9:1) Through wisdom is a house built,

and by understanding it is established;

4 and by knowledge the rooms will be filled

with all precious and pleasant riches.



3 Through wisdom is an house builded;

And by understanding it is established:

4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled

With all precious and pleasant riches.



Saying Twenty-Two



5 (Pr 21:22) A wise man is strong;

yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.

6 (Pr 11:14; 20:18) For by wise counsel you will wage your war,

and in multitude of counselors there is safety.



5 A wise man is strong;

Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war:

And in multitude of counsellors there is safety.



Saying Twenty-Three



7 (Pr 14:6; Ps 10:5) Wisdom is too high for a fool;

he does not open his mouth in the gate.



7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.



Saying Twenty-Four



8 (Ro 1:30; Pr 6:14) He who devises to do evil

will be called a schemer of plots.

9 (Mt 15:19; Ac 8:22) The thought of foolishness is sin,

and the scorner is an abomination to men.



8 He that deviseth to do evil

Shall be called a mischievous person.

9 The thought of foolishness is sin:

And the scorner is an abomination to men.