Proverbs
Chapters 23:1-7
New International Version Anglicized
1When you sit to dine with a ruler,note well what is before you,
2and put a knife to your throatif you are given to gluttony.
3Do not crave his delicacies,for that food is deceptive.Saying 8
4Do not wear yourself out to get rich;do not trust your own cleverness.
5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,for they will surely sprout wingsand fly off to the sky like an eagle.Saying 9
6Do not eat the food of a stingy host,do not crave his delicacies;
7for he is the kind of personwho is always thinking about the cost.‘Eat and drink,’ he says to you,but his heart is not with you.