Part 24

20:022:028 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

20:022:029 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

20:023:001 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

20:023:002 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

20:023:003 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

20:023:004 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

20:023:005 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

20:023:006 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

20:023:007 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

20:023:008 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

20:023:009 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

20:023:010 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

20:023:011 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

20:023:012 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

20:023:013 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

20:023:014 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

20:023:015 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

20:023:016 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

20:023:017 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

20:023:018 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

20:023:019 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

20:023:020 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

20:023:021 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

20:023:022 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

20:023:023 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

20:023:024 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

20:023:025 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

20:023:026 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.