Bible verse
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
Proverbs 23:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 23.
1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
KJV
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
ASV
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
ERV
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him that is before thee;
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