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Proverbs 23 Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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Notes on this text (1)

1 If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, Consider attentively the things set before thee: 2 And apply thy hand, Knowing that it behooves thee to prepare such [meats]: But if thou art very insatiable, 3 desire not his provisions; For these belong to a false life. 4 If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; But refrain thyself in thy wisdom. 5 If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, And he returns to the house of his master. 6 Sup not with an envious man, Neither desire thou his meats: 7 So he eats and drinks As if anyone should swallow a hair, And do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him: 8 For he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words. 9 Say nothing in the ears of a fool, Lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words. 10 Remove not the ancient landmarks; And enter not upon the possession of the fatherless: 11 For the Lord is their redeemer; He is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee. 12 Apply thy heart to instruction, And prepare thine ears for words of discretion. 13 Refrain not from chastening a child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 For thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from death. 15 Son, if thy heart be wise, Thou shalt also gladden my heart; 16 And thy lips shall converse with my lips, If they be right. 17 Let not thy heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day. 18 For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; And thy hope shall not be removed. 19 Hear, [my] son, and be wise, And rightly direct the thoughts of thy heart. 20 Be not a wine bibber, Neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh: 21 For every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; And every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments. 22 Hearken, [my] son, to thy father which begot thee, And despise not [thy mother] because she is grown old. 24 A righteous father brings up [his children] well; And his soul rejoices over a wise son. 25 Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, And let her that bore thee be glad. 26 [My] son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways. 27 For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; And a strange well is narrow. 28 For such a one shall perish suddenly; And every transgressor shall be cut off. 29 Who [has] woe? who trouble? who [has] quarrels? And who vexations and disputes? Who [has] bruises without a cause? Whose eyes are livid? 30 Are not those of them that stay long at wine? [Are] not [those] of them that haunt [the places] where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, And converse [with them] openly. 31 For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, Thou shalt afterward go more naked than a pestle. 32 But at last [such a one] stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, And venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent. 33 Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, Then thy mouth shall speak perverse things. 34 And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, And as a pilot in a great storm. 35 And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; And they mocked me, and I knew it not: When will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?

There is no verse 23 in this translation; the verses after it keep their usual numbers.

Cross references (33)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Genesis 43:32–34; Jude 12
  2. 2 Philippians 3:19; Matthew 18:8–9; 1 Corinthians 9:27
  3. 3 Proverbs 23:6; Psalm 141:4; Luke 21:34; Ephesians 4:22; Daniel 1:8
  4. 4 Hebrews 13:5; Proverbs 28:20; 1 Timothy 6:8–10; Matthew 6:19; Proverbs 3:5
  5. 5 Proverbs 27:24; 1 John 2:16; Matthew 6:19; James 5:1–2; 1 Timothy 6:17
  6. 6 Psalm 141:4; Proverbs 23:3; Daniel 1:8–10; Deuteronomy 15:9; Matthew 20:15
  7. 7 Psalm 12:2; Psalm 55:21; Judges 16:15; Matthew 9:3–4; Luke 11:37–54
  8. 9 Proverbs 9:7–8; Matthew 7:6; Proverbs 26:4–5; Proverbs 1:7; Acts 13:45–46
  9. 10 Zechariah 7:10; Proverbs 22:28; Jeremiah 22:3; Deuteronomy 27:17; James 1:27
  10. 11 Proverbs 22:23; Job 19:25; Exodus 22:22–24; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 12:5
  11. 12 Proverbs 5:1–2; Proverbs 2:2–6; Proverbs 23:19; James 1:21–25; Ezekiel 33:31
  12. 13 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17
  13. 14 1 Corinthians 5:5; Proverbs 22:15; 1 Corinthians 11:32
  14. 15 Proverbs 23:24–25; 2 John 4; Zephaniah 3:17; 3 John 3–4; Proverbs 29:3
  15. 16 Proverbs 8:6; Ephesians 5:4; James 3:2; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:4
  16. 17 Proverbs 28:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Proverbs 15:16; 1 Peter 1:17; Ecclesiastes 5:7
  17. 18 Hebrews 10:35; Jeremiah 29:11; Psalm 9:18; Proverbs 24:14; Philippians 1:20
  18. 19 Proverbs 23:26; Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 4:10–23; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 9:6
  19. 20 Luke 21:34; Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:22; Romans 13:13; Isaiah 5:11
  20. 21 Proverbs 21:17; Philippians 3:19; Proverbs 19:15; Deuteronomy 21:20; Galatians 5:21
  21. 22 Proverbs 30:17; Proverbs 1:8; John 19:26–27; Proverbs 6:20; Ephesians 6:1–2
  22. 24 Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 23:15–16; Proverbs 29:3; Philemon 20
  23. 25 Proverbs 17:25; Luke 1:58; Luke 11:27–28; 1 Chronicles 4:9–10; Luke 1:40–47
  24. 26 Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:9–11; Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 10:37–38; Proverbs 4:25–27
  25. 27 Proverbs 22:14
  26. 28 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 7:12; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Hosea 4:11; Proverbs 22:14
  27. 29 Ephesians 5:18; 1 Samuel 25:36–37; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:22; 2 Samuel 13:28
  28. 30 Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:11; Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 9:2; Amos 6:6
  29. 31 1 John 2:16; Psalm 119:37; 2 Samuel 11:2; Proverbs 6:25; Mark 9:47
  30. 32 Isaiah 28:7–8; Isaiah 28:3; Luke 16:25–26; Exodus 7:12; Amos 5:19
  31. 33 Jude 12–13; Proverbs 31:5; Proverbs 2:12; Hosea 7:5; Genesis 19:32–38
  32. 34 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7; 1 Kings 16:9; Luke 21:34; Luke 17:27–29; Matthew 24:38
  33. 35 Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Corinthians 15:32–34; 2 Peter 2:22; Proverbs 26:11

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 23:1 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter X — 14-21)

    … effect it is written in a certain place, "If thou sittest down to sup at a ruler's table, make wise observation of what is set before thee; and put to thy hand, knowing that it will be thy duty to make similar provision in turn." You know what is meant by the ruler's table: you there find the body and …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 23:13 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LV)

    For he who spares his child, ruins it; but he who spares it not, preserves." To which effect also a certain wise man said, "If thou beat thy son with a rod, he shall not die, but thou shalt deliver his soul from death." And again, "He that refresheth his son, shall bind up his wounds." This takes place in …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 23:1 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapters XV–XV)

    … the meaning of what we read in the Proverbs of Solomon: "If thou sittest down to supper at the table of a ruler, consider wisely what is set before thee; and so put to thy hand, knowing that thou art bound to make similar preparations." For what is the table of the ruler, but that from which we take the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)