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Proverbs 23:1-3
New King James Version
Proverbs 23:1-3
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.
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.
Proverbs 23:1-3
21st Century King James Version
Proverbs 23:1-3
21st Century King James Version
23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee;
2 and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meat.
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