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Proverbs - ch 23 v 1 - 20
- When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
- And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.
- Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.
- Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.
- Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.
- Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
- For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
- The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
- Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
- For their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause with thee.
- Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.
- Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
- Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
- My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
- Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
- Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
- For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
- Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
- Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
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