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Listen to Your Father
When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
if you are given to appetite.
And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man given to appetite.
If you are a man given to appetite.
Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
for they are deceptive food.
Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.
For they are deceptive food.
Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist.
be discerning enough to desist.
Do not overwork to be rich;
Because of your own understanding, cease!
Because of your own understanding, cease!
When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
and waste your pleasant words.
The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,
And waste your pleasant words.
And waste your pleasant words.
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the good sense of your words.
for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Do not move an ancient landmark
or enter the fields of the fatherless,
or enter the fields of the fatherless,
for their Redeemer is strong;
he will plead their cause against you.
he will plead their cause against you.
For their Redeemer is mighty;
He will plead their cause against you.
He will plead their cause against you.
Apply your heart to instruction
and your ear to words of knowledge.
and your ear to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction,
And your ears to words of knowledge.
And your ears to words of knowledge.
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Do not withhold correction from a child,
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
If you strike him with the rod,
you will save his soul from Sheol.
you will save his soul from Sheol.
My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
my heart too will be glad.
My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice — indeed, I myself;
My heart will rejoice — indeed, I myself;
Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;
But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day;
Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
and your hope will not be cut off.
Hear, my son, and be wise,
and direct your heart in the way.
and direct your heart in the way.
Hear, my son, and be wise;
And guide your heart in the way.
And guide your heart in the way.
Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and slumber will clothe them with rags.
and slumber will clothe them with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
let her who bore you rejoice.
Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who bore you rejoice.
And let her who bore you rejoice.
My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.
And let your eyes observe my ways.
For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.
And a seductress is a narrow well.
She lies in wait like a robber
and increases the traitors among mankind.
and increases the traitors among mankind.
She also lies in wait as for a victim,
And increases the unfaithful among men.
And increases the unfaithful among men.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Those who tarry long over wine;
those who go to try mixed wine.
those who go to try mixed wine.
Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of mixed wine.
Those who go in search of mixed wine.
Do not look at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
In the end it bites like a serpent
and stings like an adder.
and stings like an adder.
At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
And stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things,
and your heart utter perverse things.
and your heart utter perverse things.
Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
And your heart will utter perverse things.