| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, | 1When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, |
| 2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. | 2and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. |
| 3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. | 3Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. |
| 4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. | 4Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. |
| 5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. | 5When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. |
| 6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; | 6Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies, |
| 7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. | 7for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. |
| 8You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words. | 8You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words. |
| 9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. | 9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words. |
| 10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, | 10Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless, |
| 11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you. | 11for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you. |
| 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. | 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge. |
| 13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. | 13Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. |
| 14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol. | 14If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. |
| 15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice. | 15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. |
| 16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. | 16My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right. |
| 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD. | 17Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. |
| 18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. | 18Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. |
| 19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. | 19Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way. |
| 20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. | 20Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, |
| 21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags. | 21for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. |
| 22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. | 22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. |
| 23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. | 23Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. |
| 24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him. | 24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. |
| 25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice! | 25Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. |
| 26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. | 26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. |
| 27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. | 27For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well. |
| 28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men. | 28She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind. |
| 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? | 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? |
| 30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. | 30Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. |
| 31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. | 31Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. |
| 32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. | 32In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. |
| 33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities. | 33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things. |
| 34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast: | 34You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast. |
| 35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?” | 35“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink.” |
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