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12 Thou hast set at a great board (or at a bountiful table); open thou not first thy cheek on it, that is, begin thou not to eat first. [And] Say thou not, whether those be many things, that be on it.

13 Have thou mind, that an evil eye is wayward [or evil is the shrewd (or the depraved) eye]. What thing worse, than an eye is made? therefore of all his face he shall weep, when he seeth. (Remember that an evil eye is a wicked thing. Yea, what worse thing is made, than an eye? for out of all the parts of a face, it shall weep, when one seeth.)

14 Stretch thou not forth first thine hand; and thou defouled by envy, be ashamed. Be thou not oppressed of (or by) wine in a feast. [Not stretch thou out thine hand rather (or first); and by envy defouled, thou shame. Not be thou thrust together in the feast with wine.]

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