Saying 7

23 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
    note well what[a] is before you,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who

23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

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and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.

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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you(A) without raising questions of conscience.

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27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

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