Proverbs 23
Reading Proverbs chapter 23 in the Young's Literal Translation, public-domain text from 1898.
Verses 1–10
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,
2 And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
3 Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.
4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.
8 Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.
9 In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
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