and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big[a] appetite;
don’t desire his choice food,(A)
for that food is deceptive.

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;(B)
because you know better, stop!

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Footnotes

  1. 23:2 Lit you are the master of an

and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.
Do not crave his delicacies,(A)
    for that food is deceptive.

Saying 8

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.

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