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Proverbs 23:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 23:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 [a]And put thy knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to the appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainty meats: [b]for it is a deceivable meat.
4 Travail not too much to be rich: but cease from thy [c]wisdom.
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- Proverbs 23:2 Bridle thine appetite, as it were by force and violence.
- Proverbs 23:3 For ofttimes the rich when they bid their inferiors to their tables, it is not for the love they bear them, but for their own secret purposes.
- Proverbs 23:4 Bestow not the gifts that God hath given thee, to get worldly riches.
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV) 
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