Proverbs 23:1-35 BSB

[1] When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, [2] and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. [3] Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. [4] Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. [5] When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. [6] Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; [7] for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. [8] You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words. [9] Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. [10] Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, [11] for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you. [12] Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. [13] Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. [14] Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol. [15] My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice. [16] My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. [17] Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD. [18] For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. [19] Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. [20] Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. [21] For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags. [22] Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. [23] Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. [24] The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him. [25] May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice! [26] My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. [27] For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. [28] Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men. [29] Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? [30] Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. [31] Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. [32] In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. [33] Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities. [34] You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast: [35] “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?”