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## Proverbs 23:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/1) When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what *is* before thee:
 
 [2 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/2) And put a knife to thy throat, if thou *be* a man given to appetite.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/3) Be not desirous of his dainties: for they *are* deceitful meat.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/4) Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/proverbs/23/5) Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for *riches* certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.*
 
[Proverbs 22](/kjv/proverbs/22) [Proverbs 24](/kjv/proverbs/24)

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