Proverbs 23
English Standard Version (ESV) 23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what[a] is before you, 2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. 3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. 4 Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. 5 When your…