23 When you sit to eat with a ruler,
    consider diligently what is before you;
² and put a knife to your throat,
    if you are a man given to appetite.
³ Be not desirous of his delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.

⁶ Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye,
    neither desire his delicacies;
⁷ for as he thinks in his heart,
    so is he.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
    but his heart is not with you.
⁸ The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,
    and lose your sweet words.

⁹ Do not speak in the ears of a fool,
    for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

⁶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
    cuts off the feet and drinks violence.

¹⁰ The great God who formed all things
    rewards the fool and rewards the transgressor.

²⁴ He who hates dissembles with his lips,
    and lays up deceit within him;
²⁵ when he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
    for there are seven abominations in his heart;
²⁶ though his hatred is covered by deceit,
    his wickedness will be shown before the whole congregation.
²⁷ Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
    and he who rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
²⁸ A lying tongue hates those who are afflicted by it,
    and a flattering mouth works ruin.