Proverbs 23:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently what is before thee:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN YOU sit down to eat with a ruler, consider who and what are before you;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

Common English Bible

¹ When you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully consider what is in front of you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.

Proverbs 23:1 Cross References

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man skilful in his work? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Proverbs 23:2

and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

Jude 1:12

These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;