<h3>Saying 7</h3>23 <poetry>When you sit to dine with a ruler, <indent>note well what is before you,</indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>and put a knife to your throat <indent>if you are given to gluttony.</indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>Do not crave his delicacies, <indent>for that food is deceptive.</indent></poetry> <h3>Saying 8</h3> 4 <poetry>Do not wear yourself out to get rich; <indent>do not trust your own cleverness.</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, <indent>for they will surely sprout wings</indent> <indent>and fly off to the sky like an eagle. </indent></poetry> <h3>Saying 9</h3> 6 <poetry>Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, <indent>do not crave his delicacies; </indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>for he is the kind of person <indent>who is always thinking about the cost. </indent> “Eat and drink,” he says to you, <indent>but his heart is not with you.</indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>You will vomit up the little you have eaten <indent>and will have wasted your compliments.</indent></poetry> <h3>Saying 10</h3> 9 <poetry>Do not speak to fools, <indent>for they will scorn your prudent words. </indent></poetry> <h3>Saying 11</h3> 10 <poetry>Do not move an ancient boundary stone <indent>or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,</indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>for their Defender is strong; <indent>he will take up their case against you. </indent></poetry> <h3>Saying 12</h3> 12 <poetry>Apply your heart to instruction <indent>and your ears to words of knowledge.</indent></poetry> <h3>Saying 13</h3> 13 <poetry>Do not withhold discipline from a child; <indent>if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.</indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>Punish them with the rod <indent>and save them from death. </indent></poetry> <h3>Saying 14</h3> 15 <poetry>My son, if your heart is wise, <indent>then my heart will be glad indeed;</indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>my inmost being will rejoice <indent>when your lips speak what is right. </indent></poetry>

Proverbs 23:1

When you sit to dine with a ruler, <indent>note well what<ft>1</ft> is before you,</indent>

and put a knife to your throat <indent>if you are given to gluttony.</indent>

Proverbs 23:2

Do not crave his delicacies,<cr>1</cr> <indent>for that food is deceptive.</indent>

Proverbs 23:3

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; <indent>do not trust your own cleverness.</indent>

Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,<cr>1</cr> <indent>for they will surely sprout wings</indent> <indent>and fly off to the sky like an eagle.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Proverbs 23:5

Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, <indent>do not crave his delicacies;<cr>1</cr> </indent>

for he is the kind of person <indent>who is always thinking about the cost.<ft>1</ft></indent> “Eat and drink,” he says to you, <indent>but his heart is not with you.</indent>

Proverbs 23:7

You will vomit up the little you have eaten <indent>and will have wasted your compliments.</indent>

Proverbs 23:8

Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak to fools, <indent>for they will scorn your prudent words.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient boundary stone<cr>1</cr> <indent>or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,</indent>

for their Defender<cr>1</cr> is strong;<cr>2</cr> <indent>he will take up their case against you.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Proverbs 23:11

Proverbs 23:12

Apply your heart to instruction<cr>1</cr> <indent>and your ears to words of knowledge.</indent>

Proverbs 23:13

Do not withhold discipline from a child; <indent>if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.</indent>

Punish them with the rod <indent>and save them from death.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Proverbs 23:14

Proverbs 23:15

My son, if your heart is wise, <indent>then my heart will be glad indeed;</indent>

my inmost being will rejoice <indent>when your lips speak what is right.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Proverbs 23:16

 1 When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what  is before you,  2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.  3 Do not crave his delicacies,   for that food is deceptive. 4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.  5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,   for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.   6 Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;    7 for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost.  “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.  8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments. 9 Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.   10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone   or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,  11 for their Defender   is strong;   he will take up their case against you.   12 Apply your heart to instruction   and your ears to words of knowledge. 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.  14 Punish them with the rod and save them from death.   15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;  16 my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.  

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