Book of Proverbs - Chapter 23

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee

PROVERBS 23:1

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

PROVERBS 23:2

Be not desirous of his dainties for they are deceitful meat.

PROVERBS 23:3

Labour not to be rich cease from thine own wisdom.

PROVERBS 23:4

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

PROVERBS 23:5

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

PROVERBS 23:6

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

PROVERBS 23:7

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

PROVERBS 23:8

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

PROVERBS 23:9

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

PROVERBS 23:10

For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

PROVERBS 23:11

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

PROVERBS 23:12

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

PROVERBS 23:13

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

PROVERBS 23:14

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

PROVERBS 23:15

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

PROVERBS 23:16

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

PROVERBS 23:17

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

PROVERBS 23:18

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

PROVERBS 23:19

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh

PROVERBS 23:20

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

PROVERBS 23:21

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

PROVERBS 23:22

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

PROVERBS 23:23

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

PROVERBS 23:24

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

PROVERBS 23:25

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

PROVERBS 23:26

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

PROVERBS 23:27

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

PROVERBS 23:28

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

PROVERBS 23:29

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

PROVERBS 23:30

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

PROVERBS 23:31

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

PROVERBS 23:32

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

PROVERBS 23:33

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.

PROVERBS 23:34

They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

PROVERBS 23:35

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Say, We believe in God and what was sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and what was given to Moses, Jesus and all the Prophets by their Lord
Quran 2:136

Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me
John 14:6

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I
John 14:28

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord
Deuteronomy 6:4

The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you mates from yourselves, and for the cattle (also) mates. By this means He creates you (in the wombs)
Quran 42:11

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besides Allah
Quran 3:64

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me
John 5:30

Indeed, We have revealed to you, (O Muhammad), as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book (of Psalms)
Quran 4:163

Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven big stars, and has placed therein a great lamp (sun), and a moon giving light. And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession
Quran 25:61

He (Jesus) Himself stood in their midst and said to them, Peace be to you
Luke 24:36

O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of God. Indeed, God forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful
Quran 39: 53

Indeed, man is in loss, except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and advise one another to truth and patience
Quran 103:1-3

The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord
Mark 12:29

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God
John 20:17

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:46

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John 13:16

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind
Matthew 22:37

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
John 5:30

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
John 5:19

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21

Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me
Isaiah 49:9

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