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1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

2 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

3 Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

4 Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

6 Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:

7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

9 Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

10 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

13 Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

17 Don’t let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

18 Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

20 Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

23 Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

26 My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

31 Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

32 In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

35 “They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.”

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Hebrew interlinear — Proverbs 23:1–35 (273 words)
1
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. תֵ֭שֵׁבtēšēbyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  3. לִלְח֣וֹםlilḥômlacham: to feed on; (figuratively) to consumeH3898
  4. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
  5. מוֹשֵׁ֑לmôšēlmashal: to ruleH4910
  6. בִּ֥יןbînbiyn: to separate mentally (or distinguish); (generally) understandH995
  7. תָּ֝בִ֗יןtābînbiyn: to separate mentally (or distinguish); (generally) understandH995
  8. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  9. אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  10. לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃lĕpānêkāpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
2
  1. וְשַׂמְתָּ֣wĕśamtāsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  2. שַׂכִּ֣יןśakkînsakkiyn: a knife (as pointed or edged)H7915
  3. בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָbĕlōʿekāloa`: the gulletH3930
  4. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  5. בַּ֖עַלbaʿalba`al: a masterH1167
  6. נֶ֣פֶשׁnepešnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  7. אָֽתָּה׃ʾāttâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
3
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תִּ֭תְאָוtitʾowavah: to wish forH183
  3. לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יוlĕmaṭʿammôtāywmat`am: a delicacyH4303
  4. וְ֝ה֗וּאwĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  5. לֶ֣חֶםleḥemlechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
  6. כְּזָבִֽים׃kĕzābîmkazab: falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)H3577
4
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תִּיגַ֥עtîgaʿyaga`: (properly) to gasp; (hence) to be exhausted, to tire, to toilH3021
  3. לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑ירlĕhaʿăšîr`ashar: (properly) to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) richH6238
  4. מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥mibbînotkābiynah: understandingH998
  5. חֲדָֽל׃ḥădālchadal: (properly) to be flabby; (by implication) desistH2308
5
  1. הֲתָ֤עִוףhătāʿiwpעוףH5774
  2. עֵינֶ֥יךָʿênêkā`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  3. בּ֗וֹbô
  4. וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּwĕʾênennûayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  5. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  6. עָשֹׂ֣הʿāśō`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  7. יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśe`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  8. לּ֣וֹlô
  9. כְנָפַ֑יִםkĕnāpayimkanaph: an edge or extremityH3671
  10. כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרkĕnešernesher: the eagle (or other large bird of prey)H5404
  11. וָע֥יּףwāʿyypעוףH5774
  12. הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃haššāmāyimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
6
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תִּלְחַ֗םtilḥamlacham: to feed on; (figuratively) to consumeH3898
  3. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  4. לֶ֭חֶםleḥemlechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
  5. רַ֣עraʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  6. עָ֑יִןʿāyin`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  7. וְאַלwĕʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  8. תִּ֝תְאָ֗וtitʾāwavah: to wish forH183
  9. לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃lĕmaṭʿammōtāywmat`am: a delicacyH4303
7
  1. כִּ֤י׀kîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. כְּמ֥וֹkĕmôkmow: as, thus, soH3644
  3. שָׁעַ֥רšāʿarsha`ar: to split or open; (literally, as denominative from H8179) to act as gate-keeper (see H7778)H8176
  4. בְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹbĕnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  5. כֶּ֫ןkenken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
  6. ה֥וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  7. אֱכ֣וֹלʾĕkôlakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  8. וּ֭שְׁתֵהûšĕtēshathah: to imbibe (literally or figuratively)H8354
  9. יֹ֣אמַרyōʾmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  10. לָ֑ךְlāk
  11. וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹwĕlibbôleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  12. בַּלbalbal: (properly) a failure; (by implication) nothingH1077
  13. עִמָּֽךְ׃ʿimmāk`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
8
  1. פִּֽתְּךָpittĕkāpath: a bitH6595
  2. אָכַ֥לְתָּʾākaltāakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  3. תְקִיאֶ֑נָּהtĕqîʾennâqow': to vomitH6958
  4. וְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּwĕšiḥattāshachath: to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)H7843
  5. דְּבָרֶ֥יךָdĕbārêkādabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  6. הַנְּעִימִֽים׃hannĕʿîmîmna`iym: delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)H5273
9
  1. בְּאָזְנֵ֣יbĕʾoznêozen: broadness; (concretely) the ear (from its form in man)H241
  2. כְ֭סִילkĕsîlkciyl: (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or sillyH3684
  3. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  4. תְּדַבֵּ֑רtĕdabbērdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
  5. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  6. יָ֝ב֗וּזyābûzbuwz: to disrespectH936
  7. לְשֵׂ֣כֶלlĕśēkelsekel: intelligence; (by implication) successH7922
  8. מִלֶּֽיךָ׃millêkāmillah: a word; collectively, a discourseH4405
10
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תַּ֭סֵּגtassēgnacag: to retreatH5253
  3. גְּב֣וּלgĕbûlgbuwl: (properly) a cord (as twisted); (by implication) a boundaryH1366
  4. עוֹלָ֑םʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
  5. וּבִשְׂדֵ֥יûbiśdêsadeh: a field (as flat)H7704
  6. יְ֝תוֹמִ֗יםyĕtômîmyathowm: a bereaved personH3490
  7. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  8. תָּבֹֽא׃tābōʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
11
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. גֹאֲלָ֥םgōʾălāmga'al: to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship)H1350
  3. חָזָ֑קḥāzāqchazaq: strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)H2389
  4. הֽוּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  5. יָרִ֖יבyārîbriyb: (properly) to toss, i.e. grapple; (mostly figuratively) to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversyH7378
  6. אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
  7. רִיבָ֣םrîbāmriyb: a contest (personal or legal)H7379
  8. אִתָּֽךְ׃ʾittāketh: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
12
  1. הָבִ֣יאָהhābîʾâbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  2. לַמּוּסָ֣רlammûsārmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
  3. לִבֶּ֑ךָlibbekāleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  4. וְ֝אָזְנֶ֗ךָwĕʾoznekāozen: broadness; (concretely) the ear (from its form in man)H241
  5. לְאִמְרֵיlĕʾimrêemer: something saidH561
  6. דָֽעַת׃dāʿatda`ath: knowledgeH1847
13
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תִּמְנַ֣עtimnaʿmana`: to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injuryH4513
  3. מִנַּ֣עַרminnaʿarna`ar: (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288
  4. מוּסָ֑רmûsārmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
  5. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  6. תַכֶּ֥נּוּtakkennûnakah: to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)H5221
  7. בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶטbaššēbeṭshebet: a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a...H7626
  8. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. יָמֽוּת׃yāmûtmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
14
  1. אַ֭תָּהʾattâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  2. בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶטbaššēbeṭshebet: a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a...H7626
  3. תַּכֶּ֑נּוּtakkennûnakah: to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)H5221
  4. וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹwĕnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  5. מִשְּׁא֥וֹלmiššĕʾôlsh'owl: Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesH7585
  6. תַּצִּֽיל׃taṣṣîlnatsal: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337
15
  1. בְּ֭נִיbĕnîben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  2. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  3. חָכַ֣םḥākamchakam: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiserH2449
  4. לִבֶּ֑ךָlibbekāleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  5. יִשְׂמַ֖חyiśmaḥsamach: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomeH8055
  6. לִבִּ֣יlibbîleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  7. גַםgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
  8. אָֽנִי׃ʾānîaniy: IH589
16
  1. וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָהwĕtaʿlōzĕnâ`alaz: to jump for joy, i.e. exultH5937
  2. כִלְיוֹתָ֑יkilyôtāykilyah: a kidney (as an essential organ); (figuratively) the mind (as the interior self)H3629
  3. בְּדַבֵּ֥רbĕdabbērdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
  4. שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָśĕpātêkāsaphah: the lip (as a natural boundary); (by implication) languageH8193
  5. מֵישָׁרִֽים׃mêšārîmmeyshar: evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concordH4339
17
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. יְקַנֵּ֣אyĕqannēʾqana': to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or enviousH7065
  3. לִ֭בְּךָlibbĕkāleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  4. בַּֽחַטָּאִ֑יםbaḥaṭṭāʾîmchatta': a criminal, or one accounted guiltyH2400
  5. כִּ֥יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  6. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  7. בְּיִרְאַתbĕyirʾatyir'ah: fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverenceH3374
  8. יְ֝הוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  9. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  10. הַיּֽוֹם׃hayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
18
  1. כִּ֭יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  3. יֵ֣שׁyēšyesh: entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961)H3426
  4. אַחֲרִ֑יתʾaḥărîtachariyth: the last or end; (hence) the futureH319
  5. וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗wĕtiqwotkātiqvah: (literally) a cord (as an attachment); (figuratively) expectancyH8615
  6. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. תִכָּרֵֽת׃tikkārētkarath: to cut (off, down or asunder); (by implication) to destroy or consumeH3772
19
  1. שְׁמַעšĕmaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  2. אַתָּ֣הʾattâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  3. בְנִ֣יbĕnîben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  4. וַחֲכָ֑םwaḥăkāmchakam: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiserH2449
  5. וְאַשֵּׁ֖רwĕʾaššērashar: to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy)H833
  6. בַּדֶּ֣רֶךְbadderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  7. לִבֶּֽךָ׃libbekāleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
20
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תְּהִ֥יtĕhîhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  3. בְסֹֽבְאֵיbĕsōbĕʾêcaba': to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsyH5433
  4. יָ֑יִןyāyinyayin: wine (as fermented); (by implication) intoxicationH3196
  5. בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖יbĕzōlălêzalal: to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quakeH2151
  6. בָשָׂ֣רbāśārbasar: flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, personH1320
21
  1. כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. סֹבֵ֣אsōbēʾcaba': to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsyH5433
  3. וְ֭זוֹלֵלwĕzôlēlzalal: to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quakeH2151
  4. יִוָּרֵ֑שׁyiwwārēšyarash: to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place)H3423
  5. וּ֝קְרָעִ֗יםûqĕrāʿîmqera`: a ragH7168
  6. תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁtalbîšlabash: (properly) wrap around; (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or...H3847
  7. נוּמָֽה׃nûmânuwmah: sleepinessH5124
22
  1. שְׁמַ֣עšĕmaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  2. לְ֭אָבִיךָlĕʾābîkāab: fatherH1
  3. זֶ֣הzezeh: the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatH2088
  4. יְלָדֶ֑ךָyĕlādekāyalad: to bear young; (causatively) to begetH3205
  5. וְאַלwĕʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  6. תָּ֝ב֗וּזtābûzbuwz: to disrespectH936
  7. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  8. זָקְנָ֥הzoqnâzaqen: to be oldH2204
  9. אִמֶּֽךָ׃ʾimmekāem: a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like H0001H517
23
  1. אֱמֶ֣תʾĕmetemeth: stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessH571
  2. קְ֭נֵהqĕnēqanah: to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell)H7069
  3. וְאַלwĕʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  4. תִּמְכֹּ֑רtimkōrmakar: to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)H4376
  5. חָכְמָ֖הḥokmâchokmah: wisdom (in a good sense)H2451
  6. וּמוּסָ֣רûmûsārmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
  7. וּבִינָֽה׃ûbînâbiynah: understandingH998
24
  1. גִּ֣ולgiwlgiyl: (properly) to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fearH1523
  2. יָ֭גִילyāgîlgiyl: a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joyH1524
  3. אֲבִ֣יʾăbîab: fatherH1
  4. צַדִּ֑יקṣaddîqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  5. יוֹלֵ֥דyôlēdyalad: to bear young; (causatively) to begetH3205
  6. חָ֝כָ֗םḥākāmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  7. ויִשְׂמַחwyiśmaḥsamach: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomeH8055
  8. בּֽוֹ׃bôsamach: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomeH8055
25
  1. יִֽשְׂמַחyiśĕmaḥsamach: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomeH8055
  2. אָבִ֥יךָʾābîkāab: fatherH1
  3. וְאִמֶּ֑ךָwĕʾimmekāem: a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like H0001H517
  4. וְ֝תָגֵ֗לwĕtāgēlgiyl: (properly) to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fearH1523
  5. יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃yôladtekāyalad: to bear young; (causatively) to begetH3205
26
  1. תְּנָֽהtĕnânathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  2. בְנִ֣יbĕnîben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  3. לִבְּךָ֣libbĕkāleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  4. לִ֑יlî
  5. וְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָwĕʿênêkā`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  6. דְּרָכַ֥יdĕrākayderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  7. תִּרֹּֽצְנָה׃tirrōṣĕnâratsah: to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debtH7521
27
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. שׁוּחָ֣הšûḥâshuwchah: a chasmH7745
  3. עֲמֻקָּ֣הʿămuqqâ`amoq: deep (literally or figuratively)H6013
  4. זוֹנָ֑הzônâzanah: to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary...H2181
  5. וּבְאֵ֥רûbĕʾērer: a pit; especially a wellH875
  6. צָ֝רָ֗הṣārâtsar: narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble)H6862
  7. נָכְרִיָּֽה׃nokriyyânokriy: strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)H5237
28
  1. אַףʾapaph: meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction)H637
  2. הִ֭יאhîʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  3. כְּחֶ֣תֶףkĕḥetepchetheph: (properly) rapine; (figuratively) robberyH2863
  4. תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑בteʾĕrōbarab: to lurkH693
  5. וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗יםûbôgĕdîmbagad: to cover (with a garment); (figuratively) to act covertlyH898
  6. בְּאָדָ֥םbĕʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  7. תּוֹסִֽף׃tôsipyacaph: to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)H3254
29
  1. לְמִ֨יlĕmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  2. א֥וֹיʾôyowy: lamentation; (interjectionally) Oh!H188
  3. לְמִ֪יlĕmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  4. אֲב֡וֹיʾăbôyabowy: wantH17
  5. לְמִ֤יlĕmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  6. מִדְוָנִ֨ים׀midwānîmmadown: a contest or quarrelH4066
  7. לְמִ֥יlĕmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  8. שִׂ֗יחַśîaḥsiyach: a contemplation; (by implication) an utteranceH7879
  9. לְ֭מִיlĕmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  10. פְּצָעִ֣יםpĕṣāʿîmpetsa`: a woundH6482
  11. חִנָּ֑םḥinnāmchinnam: gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantageH2600
  12. לְ֝מִ֗יlĕmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  13. חַכְלִל֥וּתḥaklilûtchakliluwth: flash (of the eyes); in a bad sense, blearednessH2448
  14. עֵינָֽיִם׃ʿênāyim`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
30
  1. לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥יםlamʾaḥărîmachar: to loiter (i.e. be behind); (by implication) to procrastinateH309
  2. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  3. הַיָּ֑יִןhayyāyinyayin: wine (as fermented); (by implication) intoxicationH3196
  4. לַ֝בָּאִ֗יםlabbāʾîmbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  5. לַחְקֹ֥רlaḥqōrchaqar: (properly) to penetrate; (hence) to examine intimatelyH2713
  6. מִמְסָֽךְ׃mimsākmamcak: mixture, i.e. (specifically) wine mixed (with water or spices)H4469
31
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תֵּ֥רֶאtēreʾra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
  3. יַיִן֮yayinyayin: wine (as fermented); (by implication) intoxicationH3196
  4. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  5. יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥םyitʾaddāmadam: be (dyed, made) red (ruddy)H119
  6. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  7. יִתֵּ֣ןyittēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  8. בַּכּ֣יֹסbakkyōskowc: a cup (as a container); (often, figuratively) a lot (as if a potion)H3563
  9. עֵינ֑וֹʿênô`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  10. יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְyithallēkhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  11. בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃bĕmêšārîmmeyshar: evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concordH4339
32
  1. אַ֭חֲרִיתוֹʾaḥărîtôachariyth: the last or end; (hence) the futureH319
  2. כְּנָחָ֣שׁkĕnāḥāšnachash: a snake (from its hiss)H5175
  3. יִשָּׁ֑ךְyiššāknashak: to strike with a sting (as a serpent); (figuratively) to oppress with interest on a loanH5391
  4. וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥יûkĕṣipʿōnîtsepha`: a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)H6848
  5. יַפְרִֽשׁ׃yaprišparash: to separate; (literally) to disperseH6567
33
  1. עֵ֭ינֶיךָʿênêkā`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  2. יִרְא֣וּyirʾûra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
  3. זָר֑וֹתzārôtzuwr: to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profaneH2114
  4. וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗wĕlibbĕkāleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  5. יְדַבֵּ֥רyĕdabbērdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
  6. תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃tahpukôttahpukah: a perversity or fraudH8419
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  1. וְ֭הָיִיתָwĕhāyîtāhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  2. כְּשֹׁכֵ֣בkĕšōkēbshakab: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)H7901
  3. בְּלֶבbĕlebleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  4. יָ֑םyāmyam: a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of waterH3220
  5. וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗בûkĕšōkēbshakab: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)H7901
  6. בְּרֹ֣אשׁbĕrōšro'sh: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank...H7218
  7. חִבֵּֽל׃ḥibbēlchibbel: a mastH2260
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  1. הִכּ֥וּנִיhikkûnînakah: to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)H5221
  2. בַלbalbal: (properly) a failure; (by implication) nothingH1077
  3. חָלִיתִי֮ḥālîtiychalah: (properly) to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflictedH2470
  4. הֲלָמ֗וּנִיhălāmûnîhalam: to strike down; (by implication) to hammer, stamp, conquer, disbandH1986
  5. בַּלbalbal: (properly) a failure; (by implication) nothingH1077
  6. יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּיyādāʿĕttîyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  7. מָתַ֥יmātaymathay: (properly) extent (of time)H4970
  8. אָקִ֑יץʾāqîṣquwts: to awake (literally or figuratively)H6974
  9. א֝וֹסִ֗יףʾôsîpyacaph: to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)H3254
  10. אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּʾăbaqšennûbaqash: to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer)H1245
  11. עֽוֹד׃ʿôd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750

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Strong's words in Proverbs 23 (6)
Strong's H408 — אַל (ʾal)
al (al) adv. 1. (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative) 2. (as a noun) nothing (used once in Job 24 [a negative particle (akin to H3808)] KJV: nay, neither, + never, no ,nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than. Root(s): H3808. Appears 13 times in Proverbs 23.
Strong's H3820 — וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹ (wĕlibbô)
leb (labe) n-m. 1. the heart 2. also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect 3. likewise for the centre of anything [a form of H3824] KJV: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom. Root(s): H3824. Appears 9 times in Proverbs 23.
Strong's H4310 — לְמִ֨י (lĕmî)
miy (me) p/i. 1. who? 2. (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which? 3. (indefinitely) whoever {often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix} [an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things] KJV: any (man), X he, X him, + O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), + would to God. Root(s): H4100. Appears 6 times in Proverbs 23.
Strong's H5869 — עֵינֶ֥יךָ (ʿênêkā)
`ayin (ah'-yin) n-e. 1. an eye (literally or figuratively) 2. by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) [probably a primitive word] KJV: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).. Appears 6 times in Proverbs 23.
Strong's H518 — אִם (ʾim)
im (eem) prt. 1. (used very widely as demonstrative) lo! 2. (interrogatively) whether? 3. (conditionally), if, although 4. (also) Oh that!, when 5. (hence, as a negative) not [a primitive particle] KJV: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 23.
Strong's H8055 — יִשְׂמַ֖ח (yiśmaḥ)
samach (saw-makh') v. 1. probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome [a primitive root] KJV: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 23.

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“"Desire not," says the Scripture, "rich men's dainties;" for they belong to a false and base life. They partake of luxurious dishes, which a little after go to the dunghill.”

What the Early Church wrote about Proverbs 23 (3)

  • “By the mention of redness of eyes—a sign of death—it is made clear that the wine-bibber is already dead to the Word and to reason. It declares his death to the Lord.”

  • “Receive into thy ears the teaching of the great Solomon: God hates the poor man to be a pleader on high. [Prov. 23:11] Therefore submit thyself, and give honour to Him that is powerful; for the soft speech-thou knowest the proverb-melts.”

  • “At the table of this powerful apostle, if you sit to eat, “understand intelligently what is set before you,” that is, perceive spiritually what is said by him.”

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