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Text -- Proverbs 23:1-5 (NET)

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23:1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you, 23:2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite. 23:3 Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive. 23:4 Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. 23:5 When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
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NET Notes: Pro 23:1 Or “who,” referring to the ruler (so ASV, NAB, TEV).

NET Notes: Pro 23:2 Heb “lord of appetite.” The idiom בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ (ba’al nefes...

NET Notes: Pro 23:3 Verses 1-3 form the sixth saying about being cautious before rulers (cf. Instruction of Amememope, chap. 23, 23:13-18). One should not get too familia...

NET Notes: Pro 23:4 Heb “from your understanding cease.” In the context this means that the person should have enough understanding to stop wearing himself ou...

NET Notes: Pro 23:5 This seventh saying warns people not to expend all their energy trying to get rich because riches are fleeting (cf. Instruction of Amememope, chap. 7,...

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