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The Fear of Yahweh

23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Understand well [a]what is before you,
So you should put a knife to your throat
If you are a (A)man of appetite.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who

23 When you sit to eat with a ruler,
    you shall surely observe what is before you,
and you shall put a knife to your throat
    if you have a big appetite.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:2 Literally “lord/master of life”