Proverbs 23:1

Pro 23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:

Ver. 1. When thou sittest to eat. ] See my Common Place of Abstinence.

Consider diligently what is before thee. ] And "feed with fear," Jdg 1:12 lest thou lose by thy luxury that praise and preferment that thou hadst gotten by thine industry. Pro 22:9

‘Non minor est virtus quam quaerere parta tueri.’