3 Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies,for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not wear yourself out to become rich;be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 When you gaze upon riches, they are gone,for they surely make wings for themselves,and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
6 Do not eat the food of a stingy person,do not crave his delicacies;
7 for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you,but his heart is not with you;
8 you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten,and will have wasted your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool,for he will despise the wisdom of your words.