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Proverbs 23:1-2
English Standard Version
Proverbs 23:1-2
English Standard Version
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:1-2
New King James Version
Proverbs 23:1-2
New King James Version
Listen to Your Father
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
2 And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:1-2
New International Version
Proverbs 23:1-2
New International Version
Saying 7
23 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
note well what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to gluttony.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
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