Proverbs:23:1-24
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When you sit down to eat with a ruler ,
observe carefully what is before you ;
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and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite .
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Do not desire his delicacies ,
for they are deceptive food .
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Do not toil to acquire wealth ;
be wise enough to desist .
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When your eyes light upon it ,
it is gone ;
for suddenly it takes to itself wings ,
flying like an eagle toward heaven .
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Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy ;
do not desire his delicacies ;
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for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning . "
Eat and drink !"
he says to you ;
but his heart is not with you .
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You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten ,
and waste your pleasant words .
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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool ,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words .
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Do not remove an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless ;
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for their Redeemer is strong ;
he will plead their cause against you .
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Apply your mind to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge .
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Do not withhold discipline from a child ;
if you beat him with a rod ,
he will not die .
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If you beat him with the rod you will save his life from Sheol .
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My son ,
if your heart is wise ,
my heart too will be glad .
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My soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right .
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Let not your heart envy sinners ,
but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day .
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Surely there is a future ,
and your hope will not be cut off .
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Hear ,
my son ,
and be wise ,
and direct your mind in the way .
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Be not among winebibbers ,
or among gluttonous eaters of meat ;
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for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty ,
and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags .
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Hearken to your father who begot you ,
and do not despise your mother when she is old .
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Buy truth ,
and do not sell it ;
buy wisdom ,
instruction ,
and understanding .
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The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice ;
he who begets a wise son will be glad in him .
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