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Proverbs 23:1-6
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On Life and Conduct
1
When
you
sit
down
to
dine
with a
ruler
,
Consider
carefully
what
is
before
you,
2
And
put
a
knife
to your
throat
If
you are a
1
man
of great
appetite
.
3
Do not
2
desire
his
delicacies
, For it is
deceptive
food
.
4
3
Do not
weary
yourself to
gain
wealth
,
4
Cease
from your
consideration
of it
5
When you
set
your
eyes
on it, it is
gone
. For
5
wealth
certainly
makes
itself
wings
Like an
eagle
that
flies
toward the
heavens
.
6
6
Do not
eat
the
bread
of a
7
selfish
*
man
, Or
desire
his
delicacies
;
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7
1.
Proverbs 23:20
2.
Psalms 141:4
;
Proverbs 23:6
;
Dan 1:5, 8, 13, 15, 16
3.
Proverbs 15:27
;
Proverbs 28:20
;
Matthew 6:19
;
1 Timothy 6:9
;
Hebrews 13:5
4.
Proverbs 3:5, 7
5.
Proverbs 27:24
;
1 Timothy 6:17
6.
Psalms 141:4
7.
Deuteronomy 15:9
;
Proverbs 28:22
Footnotes
4
[a].
Or "who"
[b].
Or "understanding"
[c].
Lit "Will your eyes fly upon it and it is not?"
[d].
Lit "an evil eye"
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