kjv Proverbs:23:1-24 SEEK
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler ,
consider diligently what is before thee :
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And put a knife to thy throat ,
if thou be a man given to appetite .
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Be not desirous of his dainties :
for they are deceitful meat .
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Labour not to be rich :
cease from thine own wisdom .
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?
for riches certainly make themselves wings ;
they fly away as an eagle toward heaven .
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye ,
neither desire thou his dainty meats :
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For as he thinketh in his heart ,
so is he :
Eat and drink ,
saith he to thee ;
but his heart is not with thee .
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The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up ,
and lose thy sweet words .
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Speak not in the ears of a fool :
for he will despise the wisdom of thy words .
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Remove not the old landmark ;
and enter not into the fields of the fatherless :
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For their redeemer is mighty ;
he shall plead their cause with thee .
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Apply thine heart unto instruction ,
and thine ears to the words of knowledge .
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Withhold not correction from the child :
for if thou beatest him with the rod ,
he shall not die .
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Thou shalt beat him with the rod ,
and shalt deliver his soul from hell .
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My son ,
if thine heart be wise ,
my heart shall rejoice ,
even mine .
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Yea ,
my reins shall rejoice ,
when thy lips speak right things .
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Let not thine heart envy sinners :
but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long .
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For surely there is an end ;
and thine expectation shall not be cut off .
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Hear thou ,
my son ,
and be wise ,
and guide thine heart in the way .
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Be not among winebibbers ;
among riotous eaters of flesh :
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty :
and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags .
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Hearken unto thy father that begat thee ,
and despise not thy 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 that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him .