Proverbs 23:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ Your money flies away
    before you know it,
just like an eagle
    suddenly taking off.

⁶ Don't accept an invitation
to eat a selfish person's food,
    no matter how good it is.
⁷ People like that take note
    of how much you eat.^[a]
They say, “Take all you want!”
    But they don't mean it.