Proverbs 23

Proverbs · Chapter 23

Proverbs 23:29

1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

In context

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[belongs] to whom?לְמִ֨יle-MIH4310
who?

מִי (mi) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

woeא֥וֹי'oH0188
woe!

אוֹי (oy) 1) woe! alas! oh! 1a) passionate cry of grief or despair

[belongs] to whom?לְמִ֪יle-MIH4310
who?

מִי (mi) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

woe!אֲב֡וֹי'a-VOH0017
pain!

אֲבוֹי (a.voy) Oh!, Woe!, (exclamation of pain - indicates desire or uneasiness)

[belong] to whom?לְמִ֤יle-MIH4310
who?

מִי (mi) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

contentionsמִדְיָנִ֨יםmi-do-nimH4079
contention

מִדְיָן (mid.yan) strife, contention

[belongs] to whom?לְמִ֥יle-MIH4310
who?

מִי (mi) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

complaintשִׂ֗יחַSI-achH7879
complaint

שִׂיחַ (si.ach) 1) meditation, complaint, musing 1a) plaint, complaint 1b) following are uncertain 1b1) musing 1b2) anxiety, trouble 1b3) talk

[belong] to whom?לְ֭מִיLE-miH4310
who?

מִי (mi) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

woundsפְּצָעִ֣יםpe-tza-'IMH6482
wound

פֶּ֫צַע (pe.tsa) bruise, wound

without causeחִנָּ֑םchi-NAMH2600
for nothing

חִנָּם (chin.nam) 1) freely, for nothing, without cause 1a) gratis, gratuitously, for nothing 1b) for no purpose, in vain 1c) gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly

[belongs] to whom?לְ֝מִ֗יle-MIH4310
who?

מִי (mi) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

dullness ofחַכְלִל֥וּתchakh-li-LUTH2448
dullness

חַכְלִלוּת (chakh.li.lut) redness, dullness

eyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei-NA-yimH5869A
eye

עַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.