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משלי כ״גProverbs 23

Chapter 23 of 31 in Proverbs35 verses

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Verse 1א׳Standard3,239

כִּֽי־תֵשֵׁב לִלְחוֹם אֶת־מוֹשֵׁל בִּין תָּבִין אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לְפָנֶֽיךָ

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well him that is before thee;

Verse 2ב׳Standard2,227

וְשַׂמְתָּ שַׂכִּין בְּלֹעֶךָ אִם־בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ אָֽתָּה

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Verse 3ג׳Standard1,624

אַל־תִּתְאָו לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָיו וְהוּא לֶחֶם כְּזָבִֽים

Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.

Verse 4ד׳Standard1,693

אַל־תִּיגַע לְֽהַעֲשִׁיר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ חֲדָֽל

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. .

Verse 5ה׳Standard3,009

התעוף עֵינֶיךָ בּוֹ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ כִּי עָשֹׂה יַעֲשֶׂה־לּוֹ כְנָפַיִם כְּנֶשֶׁר ועיף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Verse 6ו׳Standard2,837

אַל־תִּלְחַם אֶת־לֶחֶם רַע עָיִן וְאַל־תתאו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties;

Verse 7ז׳Standard2,455

כִּי כְּמוֹ־שָׁעַר בְּנַפְשׁוֹ כֶּן־הוּא אֱכֹל וּשְׁתֵה יֹאמַר לָךְ וְלִבּוֹ בַּל־עִמָּֽךְ

For as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he: ‘Eat and drink’, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

Verse 8ח׳Standard2,692

פִּֽתְּךָ־אָכַלְתָּ תְקִיאֶנָּה וְשִׁחַתָּ דְּבָרֶיךָ הַנְּעִימִֽים

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

Verse 9ט׳Standard1,362

בְּאָזְנֵי כְסִיל אַל־תְּדַבֵּר כִּֽי־יָבוּז לְשֵׂכֶל מִלֶּֽיךָ

Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Verse 10י׳Standard1,943

אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עוֹלָם וּבִשְׂדֵי יְתוֹמִים אַל־תָּבֹֽא

Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;

Verse 11י״אStandard1,527

כִּֽי־גֹאֲלָם חָזָק הֽוּא־יָרִיב אֶת־רִיבָם אִתָּֽךְ

For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee.

Verse 12י״בStandard1,250

הָבִיאָה לַמּוּסָר לִבֶּךָ וְאָזְנֶךָ לְאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת

Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Verse 13י״גStandard2,563

אַל־תִּמְנַע מִנַּעַר מוּסָר כִּֽי־תַכֶּנּוּ בַשֵּׁבֶט לֹא יָמֽוּת

Withhold not correction from the child; For though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

Verse 14י״דStandard2,544

אַתָּה בַּשֵּׁבֶט תַּכֶּנּוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ מִשְּׁאוֹל תַּצִּֽיל

Thou beatest him with the rod, And wilt deliver his soul from the nether-world.

Verse 15ט״וStandard727

בְּנִי אִם־חָכַם לִבֶּךָ יִשְׂמַח לִבִּי גַם־אָֽנִי

My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine;

Verse 16ט״זStandard2,662

וְתַעְלֹזְנָה כִלְיוֹתָי בְּדַבֵּר שְׂפָתֶיךָ מֵישָׁרִֽים

Yea, my reins will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

Verse 17י״זStandard1,135

אַל־יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּֽחַטָּאִים כִּי אִם־בְּיִרְאַת־יְהוָה כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם

Let not thy heart envy sinners, But be in the fear of the LORD all the day;

Verse 18י״חStandard2,983

כִּי אִם־יֵשׁ אַחֲרִית וְתִקְוָתְךָ לֹא תִכָּרֵֽת

For surely there is a future; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

Verse 19י״טStandard1,737

שְׁמַע־אַתָּה בְנִי וַחֲכָם וְאַשֵּׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ לִבֶּֽךָ

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

Verse 20כ׳Standard1,248

אַל־תְּהִי בְסֹֽבְאֵי־יָיִן בְּזֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר לָֽמוֹ

Be not among winebibbers; Among gluttonous eaters of flesh;

Verse 21כ״אStandard1,957

כִּי־סֹבֵא וְזוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵשׁ וּקְרָעִים תַּלְבִּישׁ נוּמָֽה

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Verse 22כ״בStandard1,254

שְׁמַע לְאָבִיךָ זֶה יְלָדֶךָ וְאַל־תָּבוּז כִּֽי־זָקְנָה אִמֶּֽךָ

Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Verse 23כ״גStandard1,751

אֱמֶת קְנֵה וְאַל־תִּמְכֹּר חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר וּבִינָֽה

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

Verse 24כ״דStandard795

גול יגול אֲבִי צַדִּיק יולד חָכָם וישמח־בּֽוֹ

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

Verse 25כ״הStandard1,367

יִֽשְׂמַח־אָבִיךָ וְאִמֶּךָ וְתָגֵל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ

Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

Verse 26כ״וStandard1,754

תְּנָֽה־בְנִי לִבְּךָ לִי וְעֵינֶיךָ דְּרָכַי תרצנה

My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. .

Verse 27כ״זStandard1,421

כִּֽי־שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה זוֹנָה וּבְאֵר צָרָה נָכְרִיָּֽה

For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.

Verse 28כ״חStandard1,872

אַף־הִיא כְּחֶתֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹב וּבוֹגְדִים בְּאָדָם תּוֹסִֽף

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.

Verse 29כ״טStandard2,046

לְמִי אוֹי לְמִי אֲבוֹי לְמִי מדונים לְמִי שִׂיחַ לְמִי פְּצָעִים חִנָּם לְמִי חַכְלִלוּת עֵינָֽיִם

Who crieth: ‘Woe’? who: ‘Alas’? Who hath contentions? who hath raving? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

Verse 30ל׳Standard1,085

לַֽמְאַחֲרִים עַל־הַיָּיִן לַבָּאִים לַחְקֹר מִמְסָֽךְ

They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to try mixed wine.

Verse 31ל״אStandard2,972

אַל־תֵּרֶא יַיִן כִּי יִתְאַדָּם כִּֽי־יִתֵּן בכיס עֵינוֹ יִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, When it glideth down smoothly;

Verse 32ל״בStandard2,249

אַחֲרִיתוֹ כְּנָחָשׁ יִשָּׁךְ וּֽכְצִפְעֹנִי יַפְרִֽשׁ

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.

Verse 33ל״גStandard2,175

עֵינֶיךָ יִרְאוּ זָרוֹת וְלִבְּךָ יְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת

Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.

Verse 34ל״דStandard1,748

וְהָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵב בְּלֶב־יָם וּכְשֹׁכֵב בְּרֹאשׁ חִבֵּֽל

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Verse 35ל״הStandard2,595

הִכּוּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי הֲלָמוּנִי בַּל־יָדָעְתִּי מָתַי אָקִיץ אוֹסִיף אֲבַקְשֶׁנּוּ עֽוֹד

’They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.’

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.