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Consider Diligently what is Before You
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to gluttony.
if you are given to gluttony.
Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
Do not crave his delicacies,
for that food is deceptive.
for that food is deceptive.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Saying 8
Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
do not trust your own cleverness.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
do not trust your own cleverness.
wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
for they will surely sprout wings
and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
Saying 9
Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
do not crave his delicacies;
Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
do not crave his delicacies;
For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments.
and will have wasted your compliments.
Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Saying 10
Do not speak to fools,
for they will scorn your prudent words.
Do not speak to fools,
for they will scorn your prudent words.
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Saying 11
Do not move an ancient boundary stone
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Do not move an ancient boundary stone
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
for their Defender is strong;
he will take up their case against you.
he will take up their case against you.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Saying 12
Apply your heart to instruction
and your ears to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction
and your ears to words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Saying 13
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
and save them from death.
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
Saying 14
My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed;
My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed;
and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
when your lips speak what is right.
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
Saying 15
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
There is surely a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
and your hope will not be cut off.
Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
Saying 16
Listen, my son, and be wise,
and set your heart on the right path:
Listen, my son, and be wise,
and set your heart on the right path:
Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
Do not join those who drink too much wine
or gorge themselves on meat,
or gorge themselves on meat,
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
for drunkards and gluttons become poor,
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Saying 17
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
Buy the truth and do not sell it —
wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
May your father and mother rejoice;
may she who gave you birth be joyful!
may she who gave you birth be joyful!
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Saying 18
My son, give me your heart
and let your eyes delight in my ways,
My son, give me your heart
and let your eyes delight in my ways,
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
Like a bandit she lies in wait
and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
Saying 19
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
-- They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
Those who linger over wine,
who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Do not gaze at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly!
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly!
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In the end it bites like a snake
and poisons like a viper.
and poisons like a viper.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
Your eyes will see strange sights,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
lying on top of the rigging.
lying on top of the rigging.