Proverbs 23:1-13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹¹For their Redeemer is mighty; He shall plead their cause with thee.

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

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