1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

3 Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

Proverbs 23:1-3, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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