Proverbs 23:1-35 KJ21

[1] When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee; [2] and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite. [3] Be not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meat. [4] Labor not to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom. [5] Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly build themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward the heavens. [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 to 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 against thee. [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 fear of the LORD all the day long. [18] For surely there is a reward, 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 begot 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 in him. [25] Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore 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 contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? [30] They that tarry long at wine, they that go to seek mixed wine. [31] Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color 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 struck 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!"