Proverbs 23:2-10

²and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats: but if thou art very insatiable,

³desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.

⁴If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.

⁵If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.

⁶Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats:

⁷so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:

⁸for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.

⁹Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.

¹⁰Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless: