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Proverbs 23:3-24

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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.
20Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

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