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Proverbs 23

Proverbs 23 ( Proverbs • Chapter 23 (35 verses)): When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Solomon's Temple & Wisdom Literature—King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Proverbs 23:23 : "Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."; Proverbs 23:20 : "Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:"; Proverbs 23:4 : "Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.". Related canonical books and chapters: Proverbs 23 ( Proverbs • Chapter 23 (35 verses)), Proverbs (Old Testament • 31 Chapters), Acts 23 ( Acts • Chapter 23 (35 verses)).

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Proverbs 23
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Proverbs • Chapter 23 (35 verses)

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Proverbs
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Old Testament • 31 Chapters

Proverbs (Old Testament, 31 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Judah . Key places: Egypt . Opens with: "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David , king of Israel ;..."

Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

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Overview of Proverbs illuminating God's wisdom (hokhmah), the fear of the Lord as the beginning of knowledge, Lady Wisdom's invitation, and practical righteous living.

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Acts 23
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Acts • Chapter 23 (35 verses)

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wal... Mentions: Jerusalem , Rome , Caesarea , Antipatris , Cilicia .

Luke 23
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Luke • Chapter 23 (56 verses)

And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Joseph , Galilee , Jerusalem .

Matthew 23
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Matthew • Chapter 23 (39 verses)

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses ' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abel , Jerusalem .

1 Chronicles 23
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (32 verses)

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel . And he gathered together all the princes of Israel , with the priests and the Levites . Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by m... Mentions: David , Solomon , Jacob/Israel, Levi , Gershon ( Gershom ), Haran , Hebron , Eder 1 , Jerusalem .

1 Samuel 23
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1 Samuel • Chapter 23 (29 verses)

Then they told David , saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah , and they rob the threshingfloors. Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah . And Da... Mentions: David, Judah , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Keilah, Ziph 1 , Gibeah 1 , Hachilah , Jeshimon .

2 Chronicles 23
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (21 verses)

And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham , and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed , and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah , and Elishaphat the son of Zichri , into covenant with him. And they ... Mentions: Azariah (or Uzziah), Jeroham , Ishmael , Obed , Adaiah , Jerusalem , Baal .

2 Kings 23
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2 Kings • Chapter 23 (37 verses)

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem . And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and g... Mentions: Judah, Hilkiah , Baal , Joshua , Nathan , Jerusalem, Kidron , Geba 1 , Topheth .

2 Samuel 23
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2 Samuel • Chapter 23 (39 verses)

Now these be the last words of David . David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob , and the sweet psalmist of Israel , said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock ... Mentions: David, Jesse , Jacob/Israel, Eleazar , Zeruiah , Adullam , Rephaim , Kabzeel , Moab , Abiezer .

Deuteronomy 23
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 23 (25 verses)

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord. An Ammonite or Mo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Pethor , Mesopotamia .

Exodus 23
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Exodus • Chapter 23 (33 verses)

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.... Mentions: Egypt .

Ezekiel 23
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Ezekiel • Chapter 23 (49 verses)

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: And they committed whoredoms in Egypt ; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. Mentions: Egypt , Samaria , Jerusalem , Assyria , Chaldea .

Genesis 23
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Genesis • Chapter 23 (20 verses)

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and s... Mentions: Hebron , Canaan , Abram/Abraham, Ephron 1 , Machpelah , Mamre .

Isaiah 23
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Isaiah • Chapter 23 (18 verses)

The burden of Tyre . Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And b... Mentions: Tyre , Tarshish , Kittim , Egypt .

Jeremiah 23
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Jeremiah • Chapter 23 (40 verses)

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon yo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Judah , Baal , Egypt , Samaria , Jerusalem , Sodom .

Job 23
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Job • Chapter 23 (17 verses)

Then Job answered and said, Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

Joshua 23
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Joshua • Chapter 23 (16 verses)

And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. And Joshua called for all Israel , and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers,... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joshua, Moses , Jordan .

Leviticus 23
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Leviticus • Chapter 23 (44 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an h... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

Numbers 23
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Numbers • Chapter 23 (30 verses)

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: pera... Mentions: Moab , Aram , Jacob/Israel , Zophim , Pisgah , Egypt .

Proverbs 1
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Proverbs • Chapter 1 (33 verses)

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David , king of Israel ; To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; Mentions: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel .

Proverbs 2
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Proverbs • Chapter 2 (22 verses)

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Dead Sea Scrolls — The Temple Scroll (11Q19) Column 23
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The longest scroll found at Qumran detailing God's divine architectural blueprint for the Temple.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Erastus Inscription — Corinth City Treasurer (Romans 16:23)
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Paved limestone plaza inscription in ancient Corinth reading 'Erastus in return for his aedileship laid this pavement at his own expense'.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Map of Paul's Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18:23–21:16)
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Extended 3-year ministry in Ephesus , visit to Macedonia and Greece , and journey to Jerusalem .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Proverbs 3
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Proverbs • Chapter 3 (35 verses)

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 4
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Proverbs • Chapter 4 (27 verses)

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Proverbs 5
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Proverbs • Chapter 5 (23 verses)

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Proverbs 6
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Proverbs • Chapter 6 (35 verses)

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble ...

Proverbs 7
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Proverbs • Chapter 7 (27 verses)

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Mentions: Egypt .

Proverbs 8
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Proverbs • Chapter 8 (36 verses)

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Proverbs 9
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Proverbs • Chapter 9 (18 verses)

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Proverbs 10
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Proverbs • Chapter 10 (32 verses)

The proverbs of Solomon . A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the subst... Mentions: Solomon .

Scripture Passages (24)

Proverbs 23:23 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:20 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Proverbs 23:4 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 23:3 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:16 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:11 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:12 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:15 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:26 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:32 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:33 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:1 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:10 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:14 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:18 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:19 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:30 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Proverbs 23:2 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:8 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Proverbs 23:25 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Proverbs 23:27 (KJV)
Proverbs 23 KJV

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

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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