“Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.”
Proverbs 23:3 (KJV) |
Proverbs 23:3
From Proverbs 23, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
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Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.