# Proverbs 23

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[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?”

## Each verse

- Proverbs 23:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/1
- Proverbs 23:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/2
- Proverbs 23:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/3
- Proverbs 23:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/4
- Proverbs 23:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/5
- Proverbs 23:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/6
- Proverbs 23:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/7
- Proverbs 23:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/8
- Proverbs 23:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/9
- Proverbs 23:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/10
- Proverbs 23:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/11
- Proverbs 23:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/12
- Proverbs 23:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/13
- Proverbs 23:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/14
- Proverbs 23:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/15
- Proverbs 23:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/16
- Proverbs 23:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/17
- Proverbs 23:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/18
- Proverbs 23:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/19
- Proverbs 23:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/20
- Proverbs 23:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/21
- Proverbs 23:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/22
- Proverbs 23:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/23
- Proverbs 23:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/24
- Proverbs 23:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/25
- Proverbs 23:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/26
- Proverbs 23:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/27
- Proverbs 23:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/28
- Proverbs 23:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/29
- Proverbs 23:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/30
- Proverbs 23:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/31
- Proverbs 23:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/32
- Proverbs 23:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/33
- Proverbs 23:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/34
- Proverbs 23:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/35