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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 23, Verse 2

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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
King James Version
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
American Standard Version
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
New English Translation
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
World English Bible
put a knife to your throat, if you are 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.
6
Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
8
The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11
For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.