¹² Are you seated at the table of a great man?^[a]
    Do not be greedy^[b] at it,
    and do not say, “There is certainly much upon it!”
¹³ Remember that a greedy^[c] eye is a bad thing.
    What has been created more greedy^[d] than the eye?
    Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
¹⁴ Do not reach out your hand for everything you see,
    and do not crowd your neighbor^[e] at the dish.
¹⁵ Judge your neighbor’s feelings by your own,
    and in every matter be thoughtful.
¹⁶ Eat like a human being what is set before you,
    and do not chew greedily, lest you be hated.
¹⁷ Be the first to stop eating, for the sake of good manners,
    and do not be insatiable, lest you give offense.
¹⁸ If you are seated among many persons,
    do not reach out your hand before they do.

²⁵ Do not aim to be valiant over wine,
    for wine has destroyed many.
²⁶ Fire and water prove^[a] the temper of steel,
    so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud.
²⁷ Wine is like life to men,
    if you drink it in moderation.
What is life to a man who is without wine?
    It has been created to make men glad.
²⁸ Wine drunk in season and temperately
    is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul.
²⁹ Wine drunk to excess is bitterness of soul,
    with provocation and stumbling.
³⁰ Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury,
    reducing his strength and adding wounds.

32 If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself;
    be among them as one of them;
take good care of them and then be seated;
²     when you have fulfilled your duties, take your place,
that you may be merry on their account
    and receive a wreath for your excellent leadership.