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On Life and Conduct
When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,
When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,
And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.
If you are a man of great appetite.
and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
if you are given to appetite.
Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food.
For it is deceptive food.
Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
for they are deceptive food.
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.
Cease from your consideration of it.
Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist.
be discerning enough to desist.
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
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.
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
Or desire his delicacies;
For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,
And waste your compliments.
And waste your compliments.
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
and waste your pleasant 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 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 move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
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 case against you.
He will plead their case against you.
for their Redeemer is strong;
he will plead their cause against you.
he will plead their cause against you.
Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.
And your ears to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction
and your ear to words of knowledge.
and your ear to words of knowledge.
Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
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.
You shall strike him with the rod
And rescue his soul from Sheol.
And rescue his soul from Sheol.
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 own heart also will be glad;
My own heart also will be glad;
My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
my heart too will be glad.
And my inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak what is right.
When your lips speak what is right.
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in the fear of the LORD always.
But live in the fear of the LORD always.
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.
Surely there is a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
And your hope will not be cut off.
Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, 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 direct your heart in the way.
and direct your heart in the way.
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and slumber will clothe them with rags.
and slumber will clothe them with rags.
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.
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.
Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
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.
Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
let her who bore you rejoice.
Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes delight in my ways.
And let your eyes delight in my ways.
For a harlot is a deep pit
And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
Surely she lurks as a robber,
And increases the faithless among men.
And increases the faithless among men.
She lies in wait like a robber
and increases the traitors among mankind.
and increases the traitors among mankind.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
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?
Those who linger long over wine,
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Those who tarry long over wine;
those who go to try mixed wine.
those who go to try mixed wine.
Do not look on the 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;
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.
At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
And stings like a viper.
In the end it bites like a serpent
and stings like an adder.
and stings like an adder.
Your eyes will see strange things
And your mind will utter perverse things.
And your mind will utter perverse things.
Your eyes will see strange things,
and your heart utter perverse things.
and your heart utter perverse things.
And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.