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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;
While dining with a ruler,
pay attention to what is put before you.
pay attention to what is put before you.
And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man given to appetite.
If you are a man given to appetite.
If you are a big eater,
put a knife to your throat;
put a knife to your throat;
Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.
For they are deceptive food.
don’t desire all the delicacies,
for he might be trying to trick you.
for he might be trying to trick you.
Do not overwork to be rich;
Because of your own understanding, cease!
Because of your own understanding, cease!
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
don’t desire their 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.
The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,
And waste your pleasant words.
And waste your pleasant words.
You will throw up what little you’ve eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
and your compliments will be wasted.
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.
Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.
for they will despise the wisest advice.
Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
For their Redeemer is mighty;
He will plead their cause against you.
He will plead their cause against you.
Apply your heart to instruction,
And your ears to words of knowledge.
And your ears to words of knowledge.
Commit yourself to instruction;
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
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.
Don’t fail to discipline your children.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will rejoice — indeed, I myself;
My heart will rejoice — indeed, I myself;
Everything in me will celebrate
when you speak what is right.
when you speak what is right.
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;
Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the LORD.
but always continue to fear the LORD.
You will be rewarded for this;
your hope will not be disappointed.
your hope will not be disappointed.
Hear, my son, and be wise;
And guide your heart in the way.
And guide your heart in the way.
My child, listen and be wise:
Keep your heart on the right course.
Keep your heart on the right course.
Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Do not carouse with drunkards
or feast with gluttons,
or feast with gluttons,
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.
for they are on their way to poverty,
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
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.
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Get the truth and never sell it;
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
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.
Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who bore you rejoice.
And let her who bore you rejoice.
So give your father and mother joy!
May she who gave you birth be happy.
May she who gave you birth be happy.
My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.
And let your eyes observe my ways.
O my son, give me your heart.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.
And a seductress is a narrow well.
A prostitute is a dangerous trap;
a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
She also lies in wait as for a victim,
And increases the unfaithful among men.
And increases the unfaithful among men.
She hides and waits like a robber,
eager to make more men unfaithful.
eager to make more men unfaithful.
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?
Who has anguish? Who has sorrow?
Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of mixed wine.
Those who go in search of mixed wine.
It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns,
trying out new drinks.
trying out new drinks.
Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
And stings like a viper.
For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake;
it stings like a viper.
it stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
And your heart will utter perverse things.
You will see hallucinations,
and you will say crazy things.
and you will say crazy things.
You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea,
clinging to a swaying mast.
clinging to a swaying mast.