Proverbs 23:1-8

23:1

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

23:2

And put
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a knife
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to thy throat
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if thou [be] a man given
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to appetite
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23:3

Be not desirous
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of his dainties
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for they [are] deceitful
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meat
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23:4

Labour
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not to be rich
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cease
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from thine own wisdom
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23:5

Wilt thou set
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thine eyes
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upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly
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make
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themselves wings
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they fly away
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as an eagle
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toward heaven
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{set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}

23:6

Eat
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thou not the bread
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of [him that hath] an evil
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eye
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neither desire
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thou his dainty meats
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23:7

For as he thinketh
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in his heart
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so [is] he: Eat
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and drink
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saith
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he to thee; but his heart
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[is] not with thee.

23:8

The morsel
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[which] thou hast eaten
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shalt thou vomit up
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and lose
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thy sweet
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words
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