Proverbs:23:1-24

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* When you sit down to eat with a ruler , look carefully at what is before you , * and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of an appetite . * Do not desire his delicacies , for it is the bread of lies . * Do not labor to be rich , cease from your own understanding . * Will your eyes fly on it ? And it is not ! For surely it makes wings for itself , it flies into the heavens like an eagle . * Do not eat the bread of one having an evil eye , and do not desire his delicacies , * for as he thinks in his heart , so is he ! He says to you , Eat and drink , but his heart is not with you . * You shall vomit the bit you have eaten and spoil your pleasant words . * Do not speak in the ears of a fool , for he will despise the good sense of your words . * Do not move the old landmark , and do not enter into the fields of the fatherless , * for their Redeemer is mighty , He will contend for their cause with you . * Bring your heart in for instruction , and your ears to the words of knowledge . * Do not withhold correction from a boy , for if you strike him with the rod , he will not die . * You shall beat him with the rod , and you shall deliver him from Sheol . * My son , if your heart is wise , my heart shall rejoice , even I . * And my reins shall rejoice when your lips speak right things . * Do not let your heart envy sinners , but only be in the fear of Jehovah all the day . * For surely there is a hereafter , and your hope shall not be cut off . * My son , hear you , and be wise , and advance your heart in the way . * Be not among heavy drinkers of wine , with flesh gluttons to themselves , * for the drunkard and the glutton lose all , and sleepiness shall clothe one with rags . * Listen to your father , this one sired you , and do not despise your mother when she is old . * Buy the truth , and sell it not , also wisdom , and instruction and understanding . * The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice , and he who fathers a wise one shall even be glad in him .

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