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Proverbs 23:1-2
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Listen to Your Father

23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
2 And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man given to appetite.

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Proverbs 23:1-2
Lexham English Bible

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

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