Proverbs 23:1-3
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On Life and Conduct
23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is [set] before you;
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For you will put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.
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Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].
Proverbs 23:6-9
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Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
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For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates].
He says to you, “Eat and drink,”
Yet his heart is not with you [but it is begrudging the cost].
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The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up,
And you will waste your compliments.
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Do not speak in the ears of a fool,
For he will despise the [godly] wisdom of your words.(A)
Proverbs 26:6
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He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet (sabotages himself) and drinks the violence [it brings on himself as a consequence].(A)
Proverbs 26:10
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Like a [careless] archer who [shoots arrows wildly and] wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or those who [by chance just] pass by.
Proverbs 26:24-28
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He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
But he stores up deceit in his heart.
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When he speaks graciously and kindly [to conceal his malice], do not trust him,
For seven abominations are in his heart.
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Though his hatred covers itself with guile and deceit,
His malevolence will be revealed openly before the assembly.
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Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.(A)
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A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 27:6
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend [who corrects out of love and concern],
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful [because they serve his hidden agenda].
Proverbs 29:5
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A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
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