Proverbs 23:1-13

1. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

2. 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

3. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

4. 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

5. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

6. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

7. 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

8. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

9. 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

10. 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

11. 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

12. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

13. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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