Proverbs 23章 ESV | 微讀聖經

1When you sit down to eat with a ruler,

observe carefully what23:1 Or who is before you,

2and put a knife to your throat

if you are given to appetite.

323:3 ver. 6Do not desire his delicacies,

for they are deceptive food.

423:4 ch. 15:27; 28:20; Matt. 6:19; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Heb. 13:5Do not toil to acquire wealth;

23:4 [ch. 3:5, 7; 26:12; Isa. 5:21; Rom. 12:16]be discerning enough to desist.

5When your eyes light on it, it is gone,

23:5 ch. 27:24for suddenly it sprouts wings,

flying like an eagle toward heaven.

623:6 [Ps. 141:4] Do not eat the bread of a man who is 23:6 ch. 28:22; Deut. 15:9stingy;23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil

23:6 ver. 3do not desire his delicacies,

7for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he

“Eat and drink!” he says to you,

but his 23:7 [Ps. 12:2]heart is not with you.

8You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,

and waste your pleasant words.

9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,

for he will despise the good sense of your words.

1023:10 See ch. 22:28Do not move an ancient landmark

or enter the fields of the fatherless,

11for their 23:11 [Ex. 6:6]; See Job 19:25Redeemer is strong;

he will 23:11 See ch. 22:23plead their cause against you.

12Apply your heart to instruction

and your ear to words of knowledge.

13Do not withhold 23:13 See ch. 13:24discipline from a child;

23:13 [ch. 19:18]if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

14If you strike him with the rod,

you will 23:14 [1 Cor. 5:5]save his soul from Sheol.

1523:15 ver. 24, 25; See ch. 29:3My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart too will be glad.

16My 23:16 Ps. 7:9; 73:21inmost being23:16 Hebrew My kidneys will exult

when your lips speak 23:16 [ch. 8:6]what is right.

17Let not your heart 23:17 See Ps. 37:1envy sinners,

but continue in 23:17 [ch. 28:14]the fear of the Lord all the day.

18Surely 23:18 ch. 24:14, 20there is a future,

and your 23:18 Ps. 9:18hope will not be cut off.

19Hear, my son, and 23:19 ch. 6:6be wise,

and 23:19 [ch. 9:6]direct your heart in the way.

20Be not among 23:20 [ver. 29, 30; Isa. 5:11, 22; Matt. 24:49; Luke 21:34; Rom. 13:13; Eph. 5:18] drunkards23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine

or among 23:20 ch. 28:7gluttonous eaters of meat,

21for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,

and 23:21 [ch. 6:10, 11]slumber will clothe them with rags.

2223:22 See ch. 1:8Listen to your father who gave you life,

23:22 [ch. 30:17]and do not despise your mother when she is old.

2323:23 [ch. 4:5, 7; 18:15; Matt. 13:44]Buy truth, and do not sell it;

buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

2423:24 ver. 15; See ch. 29:3The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;

he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

2523:25 [See ver. 24above] Let your father and mother be glad;

let 23:25 ch. 17:25her who bore you rejoice.

26My son, give me your heart,

and let your eyes observe23:26 Or delight in my ways.

27For a prostitute is 23:27 [ch. 22:14] a deep pit;

23:27 See ch. 2:16an adulteress23:27 Hebrew a foreign woman is a narrow 23:27 Ps. 55:23well.

2823:28 ch. 7:12; [Eccles. 7:26]She lies in wait like a robber

and increases the traitors among mankind.

2923:29 [ver. 20, 21] Who has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has strife? Who has complaining?

Who has 23:29 [ver. 35] wounds without cause?

Who has 23:29 Gen. 49:12redness of eyes?

30Those who 23:30 Isa. 5:11tarry long over wine;

those who go to try 23:30 ch. 9:2, 5; Ps. 75:8; Isa. 5:22; 65:11mixed wine.

31Do not look at wine when it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup

and goes down smoothly.

32In the end it 23:32 Job 20:16bites like a serpent

and stings like an adder.

33Your eyes will see strange things,

and your heart utter 23:33 See ch. 2:12perverse things.

34You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,

like one who lies on the top of a mast.23:34 Or of the rigging

35“They 23:35 Jer. 5:3; [ver. 29] struck me,” you will say,23:35 Hebrew lacks you will say “but I was not hurt;

they beat me, but I did not feel it.

When shall I awake?

I 23:35 Isa. 56:12must have another drink.”

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