Proverbs 23

King James Version · 35 verses · 593 cross-references linking it to 264 other chapters

1. 1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:4 cross-references: Jude 1:12, Genesis 43:32–34
2. 2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.5 cross-references: Philippians 3:19, Matthew 18:8–9, 1 Corinthians 9:27
3. 3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.7 cross-references: Proverbs 23:6, Psalms 141:4, Daniel 1:8, Luke 21:34, Ephesians 4:22
4. 4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.23 cross-references: Hebrews 13:5, Proverbs 28:20, 1 Timothy 6:8–10, Matthew 6:19, Proverbs 3:5
5. 5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.43 cross-references: Proverbs 27:24, 1 John 2:16, Matthew 6:19, James 5:1–2, 1 Timothy 6:17
6. 6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:19 cross-references: Psalms 141:4, Proverbs 23:3, Daniel 1:8–10, Deuteronomy 15:9, Proverbs 28:22
7. 7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.16 cross-references: Psalms 12:2, Psalms 55:21, Judges 16:15, Luke 11:37–54, Matthew 9:3–4
8. 8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9. 9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.21 cross-references: Proverbs 9:7–8, Matthew 7:6, Proverbs 26:4–5, Proverbs 1:7, John 10:20
10. 10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:35 cross-references: Proverbs 22:28, Zechariah 7:10, Deuteronomy 27:17, Deuteronomy 19:14, Jeremiah 22:3
11. 11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.14 cross-references: Proverbs 22:23, Job 19:25, Jeremiah 51:36, Deuteronomy 27:19, Psalms 12:5
12. 12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.12 cross-references: Proverbs 2:2–6, Proverbs 5:1–2, Matthew 13:52, Ezekiel 33:31, Proverbs 23:19
13. 13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.15 cross-references: Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 29:17, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 19:18
14. 14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.5 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 5:5, Proverbs 22:15, 1 Corinthians 11:32
15. 15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.30 cross-references: Proverbs 23:24–25, 2 John 1:4, Proverbs 29:3, 3 John 1:3–4, Proverbs 4:1
16. 16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.7 cross-references: Proverbs 8:6, Ephesians 5:4, Ephesians 4:29, James 3:2, Colossians 4:4
17. 17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.27 cross-references: Proverbs 28:14, 1 Peter 1:17, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Proverbs 15:16, Acts 9:31
18. 18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.16 cross-references: Hebrews 10:35, Psalms 9:18, Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 24:14, Philippians 1:20
19. 19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.11 cross-references: Proverbs 23:26, Proverbs 4:10–23, Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 23:12, Proverbs 9:6
20. 20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:19 cross-references: Luke 21:34, Ephesians 5:18, Romans 13:13, Isaiah 5:22, Matthew 24:49
21. 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.16 cross-references: Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 6:9–11, 1 Corinthians 5:11, Galatians 5:21, Proverbs 19:15
22. 22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.20 cross-references: Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 1:8, Ephesians 6:1–2, John 19:26–27, Proverbs 6:20
23. 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.42 cross-references: Proverbs 18:15, Matthew 13:44, Psalms 119:72, Proverbs 16:16, Hebrews 11:26
24. 24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.18 cross-references: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 23:15–16, Proverbs 29:3, Philemon 1:20
25. 25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.6 cross-references: Proverbs 17:25, Luke 1:58, Luke 11:27–28, Luke 1:40–47, 1 Chronicles 4:9–10
26. 26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.36 cross-references: Psalms 119:2, Deuteronomy 6:5, Psalms 119:9–11, Matthew 10:37–38, Proverbs 4:25–27
27. 27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.12 cross-references: Proverbs 22:14
28. 28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.15 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 7:26, Proverbs 7:12, Hosea 4:11, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Proverbs 22:14
29. 29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?32 cross-references: Ephesians 5:18, Isaiah 5:11, Proverbs 23:21, Isaiah 5:22, Isaiah 28:7–8
30. 30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.9 cross-references: Ephesians 5:18, Isaiah 5:11, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 9:2, Psalms 75:8
31. 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.14 cross-references: 1 John 2:16, 2 Samuel 11:2, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 6:25, Mark 9:47
32. 32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.17 cross-references: Exodus 7:5–6, Proverbs 5:11, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Jeremiah 5:31, Isaiah 28:7–8
33. 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.14 cross-references: Jude 1:12–13, Daniel 5:4, Genesis 19:32–38, Hosea 7:5, Psalms 69:12
34. 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.12 cross-references: 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7, Luke 21:34, Matthew 24:38, 2 Samuel 13:28, Joel 1:5
35. 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.17 cross-references: Jeremiah 5:3, Isaiah 56:12, Proverbs 27:22, Proverbs 26:11, 1 Corinthians 15:32–34

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