Proverbs:23:1-24
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When you sit down to eat with a ruler ,
look carefully at what is before you ,
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and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of an appetite .
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Do not desire his delicacies ,
for it is the bread of lies .
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Do not labor to be rich ,
cease from your own understanding .
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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 .
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Do not eat the bread of one having an evil eye ,
and do not desire his delicacies ,
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for as he thinks in his heart ,
so is he !
He says to you ,
Eat and drink ,
but his heart is not with you .
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You shall vomit the bit you have eaten and spoil your pleasant words .
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Do not speak in the ears of a fool ,
for he will despise the good sense of your words .
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Do not move the old landmark ,
and do not enter into the fields of the fatherless ,
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for their Redeemer is mighty ,
He will contend for their cause with you .
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Bring your heart in for instruction ,
and your ears to the words of knowledge .
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Do not withhold correction from a boy ,
for if you strike him with the rod ,
he will not die .
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You shall beat him with the rod ,
and you shall deliver him from Sheol .
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My son ,
if your heart is wise ,
my heart shall rejoice ,
even I .
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And my reins shall rejoice when your lips speak right things .
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Do not let your heart envy sinners ,
but only be in the fear of Jehovah all the day .
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For surely there is a hereafter ,
and your hope shall not be cut off .
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My son ,
hear you ,
and be wise ,
and advance your heart in the way .
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Be not among heavy drinkers of wine ,
with flesh gluttons to themselves ,
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for the drunkard and the glutton lose all ,
and sleepiness shall clothe one with rags .
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Listen to your father ,
this one sired you ,
and do not despise your mother when she is old .
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Buy the truth ,
and sell it not ,
also wisdom ,
and instruction and understanding .
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The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice ,
and he who fathers a wise one shall even be glad in him .