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and put a knife to your throat
    if you have a big appetite.
Do not desire the ruler’s[a] delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    be wise enough to desist.

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  1. Proverbs 23:3 Heb his

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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