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Proverbs 23:1-3
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Chapter 23

When You Sit Down To Dine with a Ruler . . .[a]

1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
    take careful note of what is before you.
2 Control yourself[b]
    if you are given to overindulgence.
3 Do not yearn for the ruler’s delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.

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  1. Proverbs 23:1 When people are in society, they must know how to conduct themselves. Proverbs claims to impart an art of how to live.
  2. Proverbs 23:2 Control yourself: literally, “put a knife to your throat”—a proverbial metaphor for restraining one’s appetites.
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Proverbs 23:1-3
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Saying 7

23 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
    note well what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.
3 Do not crave his delicacies,(A)
    for that food is deceptive.

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  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who
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