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Proverbs 23:1-3
Lexham English Bible

23 When you sit to eat with a ruler,
    you shall surely observe what is before you,
2 and you shall put a knife to your throat
    if you have a big appetite.[a]
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
    for[b] it is food of deception.

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  1. Proverbs 23:2 Literally “lord/master of life”
  2. Proverbs 23:3 Hebrew “and”
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Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
Consider diligently [a]him that is before thee;
2 [b]And put a knife to thy throat,
If thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties;
Seeing they are deceitful food.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or, what
  2. Proverbs 23:2 Or, For thou wilt put
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