Proverbs:23

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* When thou sittest to eat with a ruler , thou shall consider well , what is before thee ; * And shalt put a knife to thy throat , if , of great appetite , thou art : * Do not crave his dainties , for , the same , are deceitful food . * Do not toil to get wealth , of thine own understanding , forbear : * Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon , when it is nothing ? for it will , surely make , itself wings , Like an eagle , will it wing its way across the heavens . * Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye , neither crave thou his dainties ; * For , just as he hath thought in his own mind , so , he is : Eat and drink ! he may say to thee , but , his heart , is not with thee . * As for thy morsel thou hast eaten , thou shalt vomit it , so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet . * In the ears of a dullard , do not speak , for he will despise the good sense of thy words . * Do not move back the ancient boundary , and , into the fields of the fatherless , do not enter ; * For , their near of kin , is strong , he , will plead their cause with thee . * Bring , to correction , thy heart , and thine ears , to the sayings of knowledge . * Do not withhold , from a child , correction , When thou smitest him with the rod , he shall not die : * Thou , with the rod , shalt smite him , and , his soul from hades , shalt thou deliver . * My son ! if thy heart be wise , my heart shall rejoice , even mine . * So shall my reins exult , when thy lips speak the things that are right . * Let not thy heart be envious of sinners , only of the reverence of Yahweh , all day long ; * For surely there is a future , and , thine expectation , shall not be cut off . * Hear , thou , my son , and be wise , and lead forward , in duty , thy heart . * Do not be among them who tipple with wine , among them who are gluttons ; * For , the tippler and the glutton , shall come to poverty , and , rags , shall Slumber put on ! * Hearken to thy father here , who begat thee , and despise not , when she is old , thy mother . * Truth , buy thou , but do not sell , wisdom , and correction , and understanding . * Greatly shall exult , the father of a righteous man , and , he that begetteth a wise son , shall rejoice in him : * Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother , yea she , shall exult , who bare thee . * Oh give , my son , thy mind unto me , and let , thine eyes , observe , my ways ; * For , a deep chasm , is the unchaste woman , and , a narrow pit , the female unknown ; * Yea , she , as for prey , lieth in wait , and , the treacherous among mankind , she causeth to abound . * Who hath woe ? Who hath outcry of pain ? Who hath contentions ? Who hath complaining ? Who hath needless wounds ? Who hath dullness of eyes ? * They who tarry over wine , they who go in to search for mixed wine . * Do not look on wine when it becometh red , when it giveth in the cup its sparkle , glideth down smoothly . * Its after effect , is that , like a serpent , it biteth , and , like a viper , it doth sting . * Thine eyes , will see strange women , and , thy heart , will speak perverse things : * So shalt thou become , as one lying down in the heart of the sea , or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear : * They smote me I felt no pain , They struck me down I noticed it not , When shall I wake up ? I will go on , I will seek it , again !

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