Proverbs 23:1
Proverbs chapter 23 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
KJV
King James Version · 1611When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
Context
v.1This passage
v.2And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jude 1:12
These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
- Genesis 43:32
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.