Proverbs:23:1-24

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* When thou sit to eat with a ruler , consider diligently him who is before thee , * and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite . * Be not desirous of his dainties , since they are deceitful food . * Weary not thyself to be rich . Out of thine own wisdom , cease . * Will thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? For it certainly makes itself wings , like an eagle that flies toward heaven . * Eat thou not the bread of an evil eye , nor desire thou his dainties . * For as he thinks within himself , so [is ] he . Eat and drink , he says to thee , but his heart is not with thee . * The morsel which thou have eaten thou shall vomit up , and lose thy sweet words . * Speak not in the hearing of a fool , for he will despise the wisdom of thy words . * Remove not the ancient landmark . And enter not into the fields of the fatherless , * for their Redeemer is strong . He will plead their cause against thee . * Apply thy heart to instruction , and thine ears to the words of knowledge . * Withhold not correction from the child , [for ] if thou beat him with the rod , he will not die . * Thou shall beat him with the rod , and shall deliver his soul from Sheol . * My son , if thy heart be wise , my heart will be glad , even mine . * Yea , my heart will rejoice when thy lips speak right things . * Let not thy heart envy sinners , but [be thou ] in the fear of LORD all the day long . * For surely there is a reward , and thy hope shall not be cut off . * Hear thou , my son , and be wise , and guide thy heart in the way . * Be not among winebibbers , among gluttonous eaters of flesh . * For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty , and drowsiness will clothe [a man ] with rags . * Hearken to thy father who begot thee , and despise not thy mother when she is old . * Buy the truth , and do not sell it , [yea ], wisdom , and instruction , and understanding . * The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice , and he who begets a wise son will have joy of him .

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