Sermons citing Proverbs 23

^23:3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

^23:4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

^23:5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

^23:6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

^23:7 for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

^23:8 You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

^23:9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

^23:10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

^23:11 for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

^23:12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

^23:13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

^23:14 Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

^23:15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

^23:16 My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

^23:17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

^23:18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

^23:19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

^23:20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

^23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

^23:22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

^23:23 Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

^23:24 The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

^23:25 May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

^23:26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

^23:27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

^23:28 Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

^23:29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

^23:30 Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

^23:31 Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

^23:32 In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

^23:33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

^23:34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:

^23:35 “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?”