Proverbs 23:6-15

⁶Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

⁷For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.

⁸Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.

⁹In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

¹¹For their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.

¹²Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

¹³Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

¹⁴Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

¹⁵My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,