Proverbs 23

Meaning

The brief Proverbs quotation asks the son to give his heart and let the speaker's ways please his eyes. Placed after the riddling account of the work, it shifts attention from decoding to committed receptivity and directed sight. The source marks the quotation as partial with “etc.”; the lexicon does not silently reconstruct the omitted verses. Its historical chapter designation is preserved as the local reference, while the words “heart” and “ways” keep their ethical and instructional force.