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Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit down to eat with an official,
    observe carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
    if you have a big appetite.
3 Do not desire an official’s[b] delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.(A)

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  1. 23.1 Or who
  2. 23.3 Heb his
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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who
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