(A)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth;
[a](B)Stop dwelling on it.
[b]When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For (C)wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

(D)Do not eat the bread of [c]a (E)selfish person;
Or desire his delicacies;
For as he [d]thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But (F)his heart is not with you.
You will (G)vomit up [e]the morsel you have eaten
And waste your [f]compliments.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:4 Lit Refrain from your understanding of it
  2. Proverbs 23:5 Lit Will your eyes fly upon it and it is not?
  3. Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
  4. Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
  5. Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
  6. Proverbs 23:8 Lit pleasant words

(A)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
(B)Cease from your [a]consideration of it.
[b]When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For (C)wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

(D)Do not eat the bread of [c]a (E)selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
For as he [d]thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But (F)his heart is not with you.
You will (G)vomit up [e]the morsel you have eaten,
And waste your [f]compliments.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:4 Or understanding
  2. Proverbs 23:5 Lit Will your eyes fly upon it and it is not?
  3. Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
  4. Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
  5. Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
  6. Proverbs 23:8 Lit pleasant words