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1. If you sit down to eat with a ruler, notice the food that is in front of you.
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1. When H3588 thou sittest H3427 to eat H3898 with H854 a ruler H4910 , consider diligently H995 H995 H853 what H834 is before H6440 thee:
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2. Control yourself if you have a big appetite.
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2. And put H7760 a knife H7915 to thy throat H3930 , if H518 thou H859 be a man H1167 given to appetite H5315 .
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3. Don't be greedy for his fine foods, because that food might be a trick.
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3. Be not H408 desirous H183 of his dainties H4303 : for they H1931 are deceitful H3577 meat H3899 .
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4. Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich; be wise enough to control yourself.
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4. Labor H3021 not H408 to be rich H6238 : cease H2308 from H4480 thine own wisdom H998 .
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5. Wealth can vanish in the wink of an eye. It can seem to grow wings and fly away like an eagle.
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5. Wilt thou set H5774 thine eyes H5869 upon that which is not H369 ? for H3588 riches certainly make H6213 H6213 themselves wings H3671 ; they fly away H5774 as an eagle H5404 toward heaven H8064 .
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6. Don't eat the food of selfish people; don't be greedy for their fine foods.
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6. Eat H3898 thou not H408 H853 the bread H3899 of him that hath an evil H7451 eye H5869 , neither H408 desire H183 thou his dainty meats H4303 :
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7. Selfish people are always worrying about how much the food costs. They tell you, "Eat and drink," but they don't really mean it.
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7. For H3588 as H3644 he thinketh H8176 in his heart H5315 , so H3651 is he H1931 : Eat H398 and drink H8354 , saith H559 he to thee ; but his heart H3820 is not H1077 with thee H5973 .
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8. You will throw up the little you have eaten, and you will have wasted your kind words.
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8. The morsel H6595 which thou hast eaten H398 shalt thou vomit up H6958 , and lose H7843 thy sweet H5273 words H1697 .
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9. Don't speak to fools; they will only ignore your wise words.
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9. Speak H1696 not H408 in the ears H241 of a fool H3684 : for H3588 he will despise H936 the wisdom H7922 of thy words H4405 .
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10. Don't move an old stone that marks a border, and don't take fields that belong to orphans.
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10. Remove H5253 not H408 the old H5769 landmark H1366 ; and enter H935 not H408 into the fields H7704 of the fatherless H3490 :
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11. God, their defender, is strong; he will take their side against you.
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11. For H3588 their redeemer H1350 is mighty H2389 ; he H1931 shall plead H7378 H853 their cause H7379 with H854 thee.
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12. Remember what you are taught, and listen carefully to words of knowledge.
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12. Apply H935 thine heart H3820 unto instruction H4148 , and thine ears H241 to the words H561 of knowledge H1847 .
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13. Don't fail to punish children. If you spank them, they won't die.
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13. Withhold H4513 not H408 correction H4148 from the child H4480 H5288 : for H3588 if thou beatest H5221 him with the rod H7626 , he shall not H3808 die H4191 .
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14. If you spank them, you will save them from death.
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14. Thou H859 shalt beat H5221 him with the rod H7626 , and shalt deliver H5337 his soul H5315 from hell H4480 H7585 .
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15. My child, if you are wise, then I will be happy.
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15. My son H1121 , if H518 thine heart H3820 be wise H2449 , my heart H3820 shall rejoice H8055 , even H1571 mine H589 .
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16. I will be so pleased if you speak what is right.
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16. Yea , my reins H3629 shall rejoice H5937 , when thy lips H8193 speak H1696 right things H4339 .
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17. Don't envy sinners, but always respect the Lord.
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17. Let not H408 thine heart H3820 envy H7065 sinners H2400 : but H3588 be thou in the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the day H3117 long.
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18. Then you will have hope for the future, and your wishes will come true.
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18. For H3588 surely H518 there is H3426 an end H319 ; and thine expectation H8615 shall not H3808 be cut off H3772 .
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19. Listen, my child, and be wise. Keep your mind on what is right.
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19. Hear H8085 thou H859 , my son H1121 , and be wise H2449 , and guide H833 thine heart H3820 in the way H1870 .
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20. Don't drink too much wine or eat too much food.
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20. Be H1961 not H408 among winebibbers H5433 H3196 ; among riotous eaters H2151 of flesh H1320 :
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21. Those who drink and eat too much become poor. They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.
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21. For H3588 the drunkard H5433 and the glutton H2151 shall come to poverty H3423 : and drowsiness H5124 shall clothe H3847 a man with rags H7168 .
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22. Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not forget your mother when she is old.
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22. Hearken H8085 unto thy father H1 that H2088 begot H3205 thee , and despise H936 not H408 thy mother H517 when H3588 she is old H2204 .
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23. Learn the truth and never reject it. Get wisdom, self-control, and understanding.
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23. Buy H7069 the truth H571 , and sell H4376 it not H408 ; also wisdom H2451 , and instruction H4148 , and understanding H998 .
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24. The father of a good child is very happy; parents who have wise children are glad because of them.
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24. The father H1 of the righteous H6662 shall greatly rejoice H1523 H1523 : and he that begetteth H3205 a wise H2450 child shall have joy H8055 of him.
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25. Make your father and mother happy; give your mother a reason to be glad.
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25. Thy father H1 and thy mother H517 shall be glad H8055 , and she that bore H3205 thee shall rejoice H1523 .
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26. My son, pay attention to me, and watch closely what I do.
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26. My son H1121 , give H5414 me thine heart H3820 , and let thine eyes H5869 observe H5341 my ways H1870 .
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27. A prostitute is as dangerous as a deep pit, and an unfaithful wife is like a narrow well.
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27. For H3588 a whore H2181 is a deep H6013 ditch H7745 ; and a strange H5237 woman is a narrow H6862 pit H875 .
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28. They ambush you like robbers and cause many men to be unfaithful to their wives.
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28. She H1931 also H637 lieth in wait H693 as for a prey H2863 , and increaseth H3254 the transgressors H898 among men H120 .
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29. Who has trouble? Who has pain? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
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29. Who H4310 hath woe H188 ? who H4310 hath sorrow H17 ? who H4310 hath contentions H4079 ? who H4310 hath babbling H7879 ? who H4310 hath wounds H6482 without cause H2600 ? who H4310 hath redness H2448 of eyes H5869 ?
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30. It is people who drink too much wine, who try out all different kinds of strong drinks.
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30. They that tarry long H309 at H5921 the wine H3196 ; they that go H935 to seek H2713 mixed wine H4469 .
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31. Don't stare at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
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31. Look H7200 not H408 thou upon the wine H3196 when H3588 it is red H119 , when H3588 it giveth H5414 his color H5869 in the cup H3563 , when it moveth itself H1980 aright H4339 .
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32. Later it bites like a snake with poison in its fangs.
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32. At the last H319 it biteth H5391 like a serpent H5175 , and stingeth H6567 like an adder H6848 .
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33. Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will be confused.
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33. Thine eyes H5869 shall behold H7200 strange women H2114 , and thine heart H3820 shall utter H1696 perverse things H8419 .
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34. You will feel dizzy as if you're in a storm on the ocean, as if you're on top of a ship's sails.
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34. Yea , thou shalt be H1961 as he that lieth down H7901 in the midst H3820 of the sea H3220 , or as he that lieth H7901 upon the top H7218 of a mast H2260 .
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35. You will think, "They hit me, but I'm not hurt. They beat me up, but I don't remember it. I wish I could wake up. Then I would get another drink."
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35. They have stricken H5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not H1077 sick H2470 ; they have beaten H1986 me, and I felt H3045 it not H1077 : when H4970 shall I awake H6974 ? I will seek H1245 it yet H3254 again H5750 .
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