I spent some weeks in the Book of Proverbs recently, and I was reminded about how rich the book is. As I went through it, I especially liked Proverbs 23, so here are some verses I would like to leave with you:
On Appetite — (1) When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: (2) And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. (3) Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs 23: 1-3
On Riches — (4) Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. (5) 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: 4-5
On Instruction and Knowledge — Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:12
On Drunkenness and Gluttony — (20) Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: (21) for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23: 20-21
On Alcohol — (29) Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? (30) They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. (31) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. (32) At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (33) Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs 23: 29-33