Young's Literal Translation: Proverbs Page 29

23:5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

23:6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

23:7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee.

23:8 Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet.

23:9 In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

23:10 Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

23:11 For their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.

23:12 Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

23:13 Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

23:14 Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

23:15 My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

23:16 And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

23:17 Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

23:18 For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

23:20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

23:21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

23:22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

23:23 Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

23:24 The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

23:25 Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

23:26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

23:27 For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.

23:28 She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

23:29 Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

23:30 Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.