Proverbs 23:1-3
Revised Standard Version
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what[a] is before you;
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:6-9
Revised Standard Version
6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies;
7 for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning.[a]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you;
but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 Heb obscure
Proverbs 26:6
Revised Standard Version
6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:10
Revised Standard Version
10 Like an archer who wounds everybody
is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:10 The Hebrew text of this verse is uncertain
Proverbs 26:24-28
Revised Standard Version
24 He who hates, dissembles with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
25 when he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are seven abominations in his heart;
26 though his hatred be covered with guile,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 27:6
Revised Standard Version
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs 29:5
Revised Standard Version
5 A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
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