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משלי כ״גProverbs 23

Chapter 23 of 31 in Proverbs — 35 verses

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Total gematria
68,498
Letters
1,029
Words
274
Verses
35
Per word average
249.99

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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;

…and 22 more verses in this chapter.

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