Proverbs 23 (NET)

Proverbs 23:1¹When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 43:32-34Jude 1:12

Proverbs 23:2²and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 3:19Matt 18:8-91 Cor 9:27

Proverbs 23:3³Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 23:6Luke 21:34Ps 141:4Dan 1:8Eph 4:22

Proverbs 23:4⁴Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 13:5Prov 28:201 Tim 6:8-10Matt 6:19Prov 3:5John 6:27Prov 15:27Rom 12:16Isa 5:21Prov 26:12

Proverbs 23:5⁵When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 27:241 John 2:161 Tim 6:17Jas 5:1-2Matt 6:19Ps 119:36-37Eccl 12:8Gen 42:361 Cor 7:29-31Eccl 1:2

Proverbs 23:6⁶Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 23:3Ps 141:4Dan 1:8-10Deut 15:9Matt 20:15Deut 28:56Prov 22:9Prov 28:22Mark 7:22

Proverbs 23:7⁷for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 12:2Ps 55:21Judg 16:15Matt 9:3-4Luke 11:37-54Luke 7:39Dan 11:27Prov 19:222 Sam 13:26-28

Proverbs 23:8⁸you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Proverbs 23:9⁹Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 9:7-8Matt 7:6Prov 26:4-5Prov 1:71 Cor 1:21-24Acts 13:45-46Acts 28:25-28Isa 36:21John 10:20John 8:52

Proverbs 23:10¹⁰Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 22:28Zech 7:10Deut 27:17Jas 1:27Jer 22:3Deut 19:14Job 24:2-3Jer 7:5Job 22:9Job 31:21-23

Proverbs 23:11¹¹for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 22:23Job 19:25Deut 27:19Exod 22:22-24Ps 12:5Jer 51:36Jer 50:33-34

Proverbs 23:12¹²Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 2:2-6Prov 5:1-2Jas 1:21-25Prov 23:19Ezek 33:31Matt 13:52Prov 22:17

Proverbs 23:13¹³Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 13:24Prov 19:18Prov 29:15Prov 29:17

Proverbs 23:14¹⁴If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 11:321 Cor 5:5Prov 22:15

Proverbs 23:15¹⁵My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 23:24-252 John 1:43 John 1:3-4Prov 29:3Zeph 3:171 John 2:11 Thess 3:8-9John 15:11Prov 2:1Prov 4:1

Proverbs 23:16¹⁶my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 8:6Eph 5:4Col 4:4Eph 4:29Jas 3:2

Proverbs 23:17¹⁷Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:142 Cor 7:1Prov 15:161 Pet 1:17Acts 9:31Eccl 5:7Prov 3:31Ps 111:10-112:1Ps 37:1-3Eccl 12:13-14

Proverbs 23:18¹⁸For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:35Jer 29:11Ps 9:18Phil 1:20Prov 24:14Prov 24:20Rom 6:21-22Ps 37:37Luke 16:25

Proverbs 23:19¹⁹Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 23:26Prov 23:12Prov 4:10-23Prov 6:6Prov 9:6

Proverbs 23:20²⁰Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:18Luke 21:34Isa 5:22Rom 13:131 Pet 4:3-4Isa 22:13Isa 5:11Luke 15:13Matt 24:49Prov 28:7

Proverbs 23:21²¹because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:17Phil 3:19Prov 19:151 Cor 5:11Deut 21:20Gal 5:21Prov 6:9-111 Cor 6:10Joel 1:5Prov 24:30-34

Proverbs 23:22²²Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 30:17Prov 1:8John 19:26-27Eph 6:1-2Prov 6:20Deut 27:16Deut 21:18-21Lev 19:3Mark 7:10Matt 15:4-6

Proverbs 23:23²³Acquire truth and do not sell it— wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:15Matt 13:44Ps 119:72Prov 16:16Heb 11:26Isa 55:1Phil 3:7-8Prov 10:1Matt 16:26Ps 119:127

Proverbs 23:24²⁴The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:1Prov 15:20Prov 23:15-16Prov 29:3Phlm 1:20Phlm 1:91 Kgs 2:1-31 Kgs 2:9Eccl 2:191 Kgs 1:48

Proverbs 23:25²⁵May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 17:25Luke 1:58Luke 11:27-281 Chr 4:9-10Luke 1:40-47Luke 1:31-33

Proverbs 23:26²⁶Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:2Ps 119:9-11Deut 6:5Matt 10:37-38Prov 4:25-27Prov 3:1Prov 4:232 Cor 5:14-15Eph 3:17Prov 4:4

Proverbs 23:27²⁷for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 22:14

Proverbs 23:28²⁸Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:261 Cor 10:8Hos 4:11Prov 7:12Prov 22:14Rev 17:1-2Jer 3:2Prov 2:16-19Prov 7:22-27Judg 16:4-22

Proverbs 23:29²⁹Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:181 Sam 25:36-372 Sam 13:28Isa 28:7-8Isa 5:11Isa 5:22Luke 12:45-46Prov 23:211 Kgs 20:16-22Matt 24:49-50

Proverbs 23:30³⁰Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:18Isa 5:11Prov 20:1Amos 6:6Prov 9:2Ps 75:8Gen 9:21

Proverbs 23:31³¹Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:16Ps 119:372 Sam 11:2Mark 9:47Prov 6:25Job 33:1Matt 5:28-30

Proverbs 23:32³²Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 28:3Isa 28:7-8Luke 16:25-26Amos 5:19Amos 9:3Eccl 10:8Exod 7:12Exod 7:5-6Isa 59:5Jer 5:31

Proverbs 23:33³³Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jude 1:12-13Hos 7:5Prov 2:12Prov 31:5Dan 5:4Gen 19:32-38Ps 69:12

Proverbs 23:34³⁴And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:2-71 Kgs 16:91 Sam 30:16-172 Sam 13:28Luke 17:27-29Luke 21:34Matt 24:381 Sam 25:33-38Exod 15:8Joel 1:5

Proverbs 23:35³⁵You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 5:3Isa 56:121 Cor 15:32-342 Pet 2:22Isa 22:13Prov 26:11Prov 27:22Deut 29:19Eph 4:19Jer 31:18