English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
1When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, | 1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, |
2and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. | 2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. |
3Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. | 3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. |
4Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. | 4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. |
5When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. | 5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. |
6Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies, | 6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; |
7for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. | 7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. |
8You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words. | 8You will vomit up what little 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. | 9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. |
10Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless, | 10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, |
11for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you. | 11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you. |
12Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge. | 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. |
13Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. | 13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. |
14If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. | 14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol. |
15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. | 15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice. |
16My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right. | 16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. |
17Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. | 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD. |
18Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. | 18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. |
19Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way. | 19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. |
20Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, | 20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. |
21for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. | 21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags. |
22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. | 22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. |
23Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. | 23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. |
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. | 24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him. |
25Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. | 25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice! |
26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. | 26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. |
27For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well. | 27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. |
28She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind. | 28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men. |
29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? | 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? |
30Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. | 30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. |
31Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. | 31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. |
32In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. | 32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. |
33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things. | 33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities. |
34You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast. | 34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast: |
35“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink.” | 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?” |
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