Proverbs
Chapters 23:7-13
New International Version Anglicized
7for he is the kind of personwho is always thinking about the cost.‘Eat and drink,’ he says to you,but his heart is not with you.
8You will vomit up the little you have eatenand will have wasted your compliments.Saying 10
9Do not speak to fools,for they will scorn your prudent words.Saying 11
10Do not move an ancient boundary stoneor encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11for their Defender is strong;he will take up their case against you.Saying 12
12Apply your heart to instructionand your ears to words of knowledge.Saying 13
13Do not withhold discipline from a child;if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.