Proverbs 23 – Studienbibel

1 When thou sittest3427 to eat3898 with a ruler4910, consider995 diligently995 what is before6440 thee: 2 And put7760 a knife7915 to thy throat3930, if thou be a man given1167 to appetite5315. 3 Be not desirous183 of his dainties4303: for they are deceitful3577 meat3899.

4 Labour3021 not to be rich6238: cease2308 from thine own wisdom998. 5 Wilt thou set5774 5774 thine eyes5869 upon that which is not? for riches certainly6213 make6213 themselves wings3671; they fly away5774 5774 as an eagle5404 toward heaven8064.¹

6 Eat3898 thou not the bread3899 of him that hath an evil7451 eye5869, neither desire183 thou his dainty meats4303: 7 For as he thinketh8176 in his heart5315, so is he: Eat398 and drink8354, saith559 he to thee; but his heart3820 is not with thee. 8 The morsel6595 which thou hast eaten398 shalt thou vomit up6958, and lose7843 thy sweet5273 words1697.

9 Speak1696 not in the ears241 of a fool3684: for he will despise936 the wisdom7922 of thy words4405.

10 Remove5253 not the old5769 landmark1366; and enter935 not into the fields7704 of the fatherless3490:² 11 For their redeemer1350 is mighty2389; he shall plead7378 their cause7379 with thee.

12 Apply935 thine heart3820 unto instruction4148, and thine ears241 to the words561 of knowledge1847. 13 Withhold4513 not correction4148 from the child5288: for if thou beatest5221 him with the rod7626, he shall not die4191. 14 Thou shalt beat5221 him with the rod7626, and shalt deliver5337 his soul5315 from hell7585. 15 My son1121, if thine heart3820 be wise2449, my heart3820 shall rejoice8055, even mine589.³ 16 Yea, my reins3629 shall rejoice5937, when thy lips8193 speak1696 right things4339.

17 Let not thine heart3820 envy7065 sinners2400: but be thou in the fear3374 of the LORD3068 all the day3117 long. 18 For surely there is3426 an end319; and thine expectation8615 shall not be cut off3772.⁴

19 Hear8085 thou, my son1121, and be wise2449, and guide833 thine heart3820 in the way1870. 20 Be not among winebibbers3196 5433; among riotous eaters2151 of flesh1320:⁵ 21 For the drunkard5433 and the glutton2151 shall come to poverty3423: and drowsiness5124 shall clothe3847 a man with rags7168. 22 Hearken8085 unto thy father1 that begat3205 thee, and despise936 not thy mother517 when she is old2204. 23 Buy7069 the truth571, and sell4376 it not; also wisdom2451, and instruction4148, and understanding998. 24 The father1 of the righteous6662 shall greatly1524 rejoice1523: and he that begetteth3205 a wise2450 child shall have joy8055 of him. 25 Thy father1 and thy mother517 shall be glad8055, and she that bare3205 thee shall rejoice1523. 26 My son1121, give5414 me thine heart3820, and let thine eyes5869 observe7521 5341 my ways1870. 27 For a whore2181 is a deep6013 ditch7745; and a strange woman5237 is a narrow6862 pit875. 28 She also lieth in wait693 as for a prey2863, and increaseth3254 the transgressors898 among men120.⁶

29 Who hath woe188? who hath sorrow17? who hath contentions4079 4066? who hath babbling7879? who hath wounds6482 without cause2600? who hath redness2448 of eyes5869? 30 They that tarry long309 at the wine3196; they that go935 to seek2713 mixed wine4469. 31 Look7200 not thou upon the wine3196 when it is red119, when it giveth5414 his colour5869 in the cup3563 3599, when it moveth1980 itself aright4339. 32 At the last319 it biteth5391 like a serpent5175, and stingeth6567 like an adder6848.⁷ 33 Thine eyes5869 shall behold7200 strange women2114, and thine heart3820 shall utter1696 perverse things8419. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down7901 in the midst3820 of the sea3220, or as he that lieth7901 upon the top7218 of a mast2260.⁸ 35 They have stricken5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick2470; they have beaten1986 me, and I felt3045 it not: when shall I awake6974? I will seek1245 it yet3254 again.⁹