On Life and Conduct 1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you,
2And put a knife to your throat
3Do not desire his delicacies,
4Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
5When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
6Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
7For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
8You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,
9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
10Do not move the ancient boundary
11For their Redeemer is strong;
12Apply your heart to discipline
13Do not hold back discipline from the child,
14You shall strike him with the rod
15My son, if your heart is wise,
16And my inmost being will rejoice
17Do not let your heart envy sinners,
18Surely there is a future,
19Listen, my son, and be wise,
20Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
21For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
22Listen to your father who begot you,
23Buy truth, and do not sell it,
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
25Let your father and your mother be glad,
26Give me your heart, my son,
27For a harlot is a deep pit
28Surely she lurks as a robber,
29Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
30Those who linger long over wine,
31Do not look on the wine when it is red,
32At the last it bites like a serpent
33Your eyes will see strange things
34And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
35They struck me, but I did not become ill; New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org Bible Apps |