True Riches (1 Timothy 6:17–19; James 5:1–6)
Saying 7 1 DBY When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee; BSB BSB: When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2 DBY and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. BSB BSB: and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 DBY Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food. BSB BSB: Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Saying 8 4 DBY Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence: BSB BSB: Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 DBY wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens. BSB BSB: When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Saying 9 6 DBY Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties. BSB BSB: Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
7 DBY For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee. BSB BSB: for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 DBY Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words. BSB BSB: You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Saying 10 9 DBY Speak not in the ears of a foolish man , for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. BSB BSB: Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Saying 11 10 DBY Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: BSB BSB: Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 DBY for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee. BSB BSB: for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
Saying 12 12 DBY Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. BSB BSB: Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Saying 13 13 DBY Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die: BSB BSB: Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 DBY thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. BSB BSB: Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Saying 14 15 DBY My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine; BSB BSB: My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16 DBY and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things. BSB BSB: My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Saying 15 17 DBY Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day; BSB BSB: Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
18 DBY for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. BSB BSB: For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Saying 16 19 DBY Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way. BSB BSB: Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20 DBY Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh. BSB BSB: Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
21 DBY For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags. BSB BSB: For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Saying 17 22 DBY Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. BSB BSB: Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 DBY Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. BSB BSB: Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 DBY The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him: BSB BSB: The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25 DBY let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice. BSB BSB: May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Saying 18 26 DBY My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. BSB BSB: My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27 DBY For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. BSB BSB: For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
28 DBY She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men. BSB BSB: Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Saying 19 29 DBY Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes? BSB BSB: Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 DBY — They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine. BSB BSB: Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
31 DBY Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly: BSB BSB: Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32 DBY at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. BSB BSB: In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
33 DBY Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things; BSB BSB: Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
34 DBY and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast: BSB BSB: You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
35 DBY — “They have smitten me, and I am not sore; they have beaten me, and I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.” BSB BSB: “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?”
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.