Proverbs 23:1-3

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23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
    observe carefully what^[a] is before you,
²and put a knife to your throat
    if you have a big appetite.
³Do not desire the ruler’s^[b] delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.

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Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:3 Heb his

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