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The most popular Bible verses from Proverbs 23

Found 35 Verses

Proverbs 23:7

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For he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. NIV

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost]. AMP

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

Proverbs 23:24

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The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. NIV

The father of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall greatly rejoice, and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in him. AMP

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

Proverbs 23:25

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May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful! NIV

Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice. AMP

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

Proverbs 23:26

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My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways NIV

My son, give me your heart and let your eyes observe and delight in my ways AMP

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

Proverbs 23:32

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In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. NIV

At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. AMP

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

Proverbs 23:34

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You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging. NIV

Yes, you will be [as unsteady] as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, and [as open to disaster] as he who lies upon the top of a mast. AMP

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. KJV

Proverbs 23:27

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For an adulterous woman is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well. NIV

For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a loose woman is a narrow pit. AMP

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

Proverbs 23:31

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Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! NIV

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the wineglass, when it goes down smoothly. AMP

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

Proverbs 23:1

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When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you NIV

WHEN YOU sit down to eat with a ruler, consider who and what are before you AMP

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

Proverbs 23:13

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Do not withhold discipline from children; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. NIV

Withhold not discipline from the child; for if you strike and punish him with the [reedlike] rod, he will not die. AMP

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