1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well what is before thee;

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

2For thou wilt put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man given to appetite!

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

3Long not for his dainties. For they are deceitful meat.

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

4Toil not to become rich; Cease from this, thy wisdom.

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

5Wilt thou let thine eyes fly toward them? They are gone! For riches truly make to themselves wings; They fly away like the eagle toward heaven.

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

6Eat not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, And long not for his dainties;

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

7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. "Eat and drink!" saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

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

8The morsel, which thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit up; And thou wilt have thrown away thy sweet words.

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9Speak not in the ears of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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

10Remove not the ancient landmark, And enter not into 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 avenger is mighty; He will maintain their cause against thee.

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

12Apply thy heart to instruction, And thine 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

13Withhold not correction from a child; If thou beat 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

14Beat him thyself with the rod, And thou shalt rescue him from the underworld.

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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 thy heart be wise, My heart shall rejoice, even mine;

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

16Yea, my reins shall exult, When thy lips speak right things.

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

17Let not thy heart envy sinners, But continue thou in the fear of 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

18For surely there shall be a reward, And thine expectation shall not be cut off.

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

19Hear thou, my son, and be wise; And let thy heart go forward in the way!

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

20Be not thou among winebibbers, And riotous eaters of flesh;

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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 come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

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

22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy 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 sell it not; Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.

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

24The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice; Yea, he who begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him.

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

25Let thy father and thy mother have joy; Yea, let her that bore thee rejoice!

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

26My son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways!

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

27For a harlot is a deep ditch; Yea, a strange woman is a narrow pit.

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Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 22:14

28Like a robber she lieth in wait, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

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

29Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who anxiety? Who wounds without cause? Who dimness of eyes?

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

30They that tarry long at the wine; They that go in to seek mixed wine.

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

31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth 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

32At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

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

33Thine eyes will look upon strange women, And thy heart will utter perverse things.

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

34Yea, thou shalt be as one that lieth down in the midst of the sea, And as one that lieth down upon the top of a mast.

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

35They have stricken me [shalt thou say], —I suffered no pain! They have beaten me,—I felt it not! When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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