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Proverbs 23:1-21

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1When you sit down to eat a meal with a ◄government official/king►, think carefully about what (OR, who) is in front of you.
2Even if you ◄have a big appetite/want to eat a lot of food►, restrain yourself.
3Do not want to eat a lot of his fine food, because he may be trying to trick you.
4Do not cause yourself to become very tired by working very hard to become rich; be wise and stop doing that,
5because as soon as you look MTY at all the money that you have acquired, it will be gone; it will disappear as if it suddenly grew wings SIM and flew up into the sky like an eagle.
6If someone who is stingy invites you to a meal, do not eat a lot of his fine food,
7because he will be thinking about how much the food cost that you are eating. He will say to you, “Eat and drink all that you want!”, but that is not what he will really be thinking.
8When you realize what he is really thinking, it will cause you to want to vomit what you have eaten; and your kind words telling him that you are enjoying the meal will be wasted.
9◄Do not waste time by/It is useless► talking to foolish people; they will only despise the wise things that you say.
10Do not steal someone's property by removing a boundary marker that has been there for a long time, and do not take for yourself the land that belongs to orphans,
11because Yahweh is strong, and he is like a relative that has the responsibility to defend them, he will stand up in court and argue for them and against you.
12Pay attention to what your teachers teach you, and try to learn from the wise things that they say.
13Do not refuse to discipline your children; if you punish/spank them, it will not cause them to die,
14and it may save them from going to the place where dead people are.
15My son/child, if you SYN become wise, I SYN will be very happy.
16I SYN will rejoice when I hear you SYN say what is right/wise.
17Do not envy sinful people; instead, revere Yahweh all of your life.
18If you do that, you will be happy in the future, and God will certainly do for you what you are confidently expecting him to do.
19My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise, and think about ◄all that you do/your behavior►.
20Do not associate with those who drink a lot of ◄wine/strong drink► or with those who ◄are gluttons/eat more than they should►,
21because drunkards and gluttons will become poor; and if all that you do is eat and sleep, you will soon ◄be wearing rags/not have any money to buy clothes►.

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