Proverbs

¹When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him that is before thee; ²And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. ³Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful meat. ⁴Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom. ⁵Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? 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 he reckoneth within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.