1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

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Jude 1:12, Jude 1:12, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 43:34, Genesis 43:32

2put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

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Philippians 3:19, Philippians 3:19, Matthew 18:8, Matthew 18:9, Matthew 18:8

3Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.

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Proverbs 23:6, Proverbs 23:6, Psalms 141:4, Psalms 141:4, Daniel 1:8

4Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

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Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:5, Proverbs 28:20, Proverbs 28:20, 1 Timothy 6:8

5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

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Proverbs 27:24, Proverbs 27:24, 1 John 2:16, 1 John 2:16, Matthew 6:19

6Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:

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Psalms 141:4, Proverbs 23:3, Psalms 141:4, Proverbs 23:3, Daniel 1:8

7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

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Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 55:21, Judges 16:15

8The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

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9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 9:8, Matthew 7:6, Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 9:8

10Do not move the ancient boundary stone. Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

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Proverbs 22:28, Proverbs 22:28, Zechariah 7:10, Zechariah 7:10, Deuteronomy 27:17

11for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

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Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 22:23, Job 19:25, Job 19:25, Jeremiah 51:36

12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

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Proverbs 2:2, Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 2:2, Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 5:1

13Do not withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

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Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 29:17, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 29:17

14Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

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1 Corinthians 5:5, Proverbs 22:15, 1 Corinthians 5:5, Proverbs 22:15, 1 Corinthians 11:32

15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

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Proverbs 23:24, Proverbs 23:25, Proverbs 23:24, Proverbs 23:25, 2 John 1:4

16yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

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Proverbs 8:6, Proverbs 8:6, Ephesians 5:4, Ephesians 5:4, Ephesians 4:29

17Do not let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear the Lord all the day long.

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Proverbs 28:14, Proverbs 28:14, 1 Peter 1:17, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Proverbs 15:16

18Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

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Hebrews 10:35, Hebrews 10:35, Psalms 9:18, Psalms 9:18, Jeremiah 29:11

19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

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Proverbs 23:26, Proverbs 23:26, Proverbs 4:10, Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 4:10

20Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

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Luke 21:34, Ephesians 5:18, Luke 21:34, Ephesians 5:18, Romans 13:13

21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 6:9, Proverbs 6:11, 1 Corinthians 5:11

22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 1:8, Ephesians 6:1

23Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

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Proverbs 18:15, Proverbs 18:15, Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:44, Psalms 119:72

24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

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Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 23:15

25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

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Proverbs 17:25, Proverbs 17:25, Luke 1:58, Luke 11:27, Luke 11:28

26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

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Psalms 119:2, Psalms 119:2, Deuteronomy 6:5, Psalms 119:9, Psalms 119:11

27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

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Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 22:14

28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

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Ecclesiastes 7:26, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Proverbs 7:12, Proverbs 7:12, Hosea 4:11

29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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Ephesians 5:18, Ephesians 5:18, Isaiah 5:11, Proverbs 23:21, Isaiah 5:22

30Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

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Ephesians 5:18, Ephesians 5:18, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:11, Proverbs 20:1

31Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

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1 John 2:16, 1 John 2:16, 2 Samuel 11:2, Psalms 119:37, 2 Samuel 11:2

32In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

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Exodus 7:5, Exodus 7:6, Proverbs 5:11, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Jeremiah 5:31

33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

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Jude 1:12, Jude 1:13, Jude 1:12, Jude 1:13, Daniel 5:4

34Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

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1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:7, Luke 21:34

35"They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I do not feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

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Jeremiah 5:3, Isaiah 56:12, Jeremiah 5:3, Isaiah 56:12, Proverbs 27:22