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Proverbs 23:1 (KJV)

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

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Proverbs 23 — surrounding verses

1

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

2

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

3

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

4

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

5

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

6

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

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