Proverbs 23, sung word for word in more than 20 music styles, with the words on screen. Free. Choose a style and a voice to play it.
1 -When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2 -and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 -Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 -Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 -When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
6 -Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
7 -for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 -You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9 -Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 -Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 -for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
12 -Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 -Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 -Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
15 -My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16 -My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 -Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
18 -For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 -Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20 -Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
21 -For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
22 -Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 -Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 -The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25 -May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
26 -My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27 -For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
28 -Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
29 -Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 -Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
31 -Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32 -In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
33 -Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
34 -You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
35 -“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
(Berean Standard Bible)
