Proverbs 23:2-19

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

³Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.

⁴Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

⁵Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

⁶Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;

⁷For as one that hath reckoned within himself, 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 ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;

¹¹For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee.

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

¹³Withhold not correction from the child; for though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

¹⁴Thou beatest him with the rod, and wilt deliver his soul from the nether-world.

¹⁵My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine;

¹⁶Yea, my reins will rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

¹⁷Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all the day;

¹⁸For surely there is a future; and thy hope shall not be cut off.

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.