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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
[2]
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
[3]
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
[4]
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
[5]
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon
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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.
[9]
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
[10]
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: landmark: or, bound
[11]
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
[12]
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
[13]
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
[14]
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
[15]
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. even...: or, even I will rejoice
[16]
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. end: or, reward
[19]
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
[20]
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: of flesh: Heb. of their flesh
[21]
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
[22]
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
[23]
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
[24]
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
[25]
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
[26]
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
[27]
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
[28]
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. as for...: or, as a robber
[29]
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
[30]
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
[31]
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
[32]
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. an...: or, a cockatrice
[33]
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
[34]
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. the midst...: Heb. the heart of the sea
[35]
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. I felt...: Heb. I knew it not

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