Proverbs 23:1

Proverbs chapter 23 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When 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.