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

2 And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of [great] appetite.

3 Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.

4 Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration [of it].

5 When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For [wealth] certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies [toward] the heavens.

Proverbs 23:1-5, NASB95 with Strong's. Copyright © 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
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