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Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit down to eat with an official,
    observe carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
    if you have a big appetite.
3 Do not desire an official’s[b] delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.(A)

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  1. 23.1 Or who
  2. 23.3 Heb his
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Proverbs 23:1-3
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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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Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

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Sirach 37:29
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29 Do not be greedy for every delicacy,
    and do not eat without restraint,(A)

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