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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 23) Proverbs 23:1-2 KJV
"When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite."
Proverbs Chapter 23, Verse 1-2
Proverbs 23:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
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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.*