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and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
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1Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
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2Do not toil to acquire wealth;
3be discerning enough to desist.
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When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
4for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
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5Do not eat the bread of a man who is
6stingy;
7do not desire his delicacies,
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for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his
8heart is not with you.
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You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
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9Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
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for their
10Redeemer is strong; he will
11plead their cause against you.
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Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
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Do not withhold
12discipline from a child;
13if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
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If you strike him with the rod, you will
14save his soul from Sheol.
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15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
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My
16inmost being will exult when your lips speak
17what is right.
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Let not your heart
18envy sinners, but continue in
19the fear of the LORD all the day.
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Surely
20there is a future, and your
21hope will not be cut off.
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Hear, my son, and
22be wise, and
23direct your heart in the way.
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Be not among
24drunkards or among
25gluttonous eaters of meat,
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for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and
26slumber will clothe them with rags
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27Listen to your father who gave you life,
28and do not despise your mother when she is old.