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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies; |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Punish them with the rod and save them from death. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed; |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Buy the truth and do not sell it-- wisdom, instruction and insight as well. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful! |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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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