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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 gluttony.
if you are given to gluttony.
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 crave his delicacies,
for that food is deceptive.
for that food is deceptive.
Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.
For they are deceptive food.
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.
Do not overwork to be rich;
Because of your own understanding, cease!
Because of your own understanding, cease!
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.
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 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 little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments.
and will have wasted your compliments.
The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,
And waste your pleasant words.
And waste your pleasant 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.
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.
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 Defender is strong;
he will take up their case against you.
he will take up their case against you.
For their Redeemer is mighty;
He will plead their cause against you.
He will plead their cause against you.
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.
Apply your heart to instruction,
And your ears to words of knowledge.
And your ears to words of knowledge.
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.
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.
Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
and save them from death.
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;
My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice — indeed, I myself;
My heart will rejoice — indeed, I myself;
my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
when your lips speak what is right.
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.
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;
There is surely a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
and your hope will not be cut off.
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:
Hear, my son, and be wise;
And guide your heart in the way.
And guide your heart in the way.
Do not join those who drink too much wine
or gorge themselves on meat,
or gorge themselves on meat,
Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
for drunkards and gluttons become poor,
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
and drowsiness clothes them in 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.
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.
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 the truth and do not sell it —
wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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.
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.
May your father and mother rejoice;
may she who gave you birth be joyful!
may she who gave you birth be joyful!
Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who bore you rejoice.
And let her who bore you rejoice.
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,
My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.
And let your eyes observe my ways.
for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.
And a seductress is a narrow well.
Like a bandit she lies in wait
and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
She also lies in wait as for a victim,
And increases the unfaithful among men.
And increases the unfaithful among men.
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?
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 linger over wine,
who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
who go to sample bowls of 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 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!
In the end it bites like a snake
and poisons like a viper.
and poisons like a viper.
At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
And stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange sights,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
And your heart will utter perverse things.
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
lying on top of the rigging.
lying on top of the rigging.