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1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

1When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,

2and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite;

2and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.

3don't desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.

3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

4Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it.

4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.

5As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

6Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food,

6Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;

7for it's like someone calculating inwardly." Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

7for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.

8You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

9Don't speak to a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

9Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.

10Don't move an ancient boundary marker, and don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11for their Redeemer is strong, and He will take up their case against you.

11for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.

12Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge.

12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

13Don't withhold discipline from a youth; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

13Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

14Strike him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

14Punish them with the rod and save them from death.

15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will indeed rejoice.

15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;

16My innermost being will cheer when your lips say what is right.

16my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

17Don't let your heart envy sinners; instead, always fear the LORD.

17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

18For then you will have a future, and your hope will never fade.

18There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

19Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course.

19Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:

20Don't associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat.

20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,

21For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and grogginess will clothe them in rags.

21for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23Buy--and do not sell--truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

23Buy the truth and do not sell it-- wisdom, instruction and insight as well.

24The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly, and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

24The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.

25Let your father and mother have joy, and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

25May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!

26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

26My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,

27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a stranger is a narrow well;

27for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

28indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

28Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has conflicts? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?

29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.

30Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

31Don't gaze at wine because it is red, when it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly.

31Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!

32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

32In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

33Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say absurd things.

33Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

34You'll be like someone sleeping out at sea or lying down on the top of a ship's mast."

34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.

35They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I didn't know it! When will I wake up? I'll look for another drink."

35"They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?"

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