Proverbs 23:1-3
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.
3 (A)Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:1-3
Revised 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 a man given to appetite.
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
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