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While dining with a ruler,
pay attention to what is put before you.
pay attention to what is put before you.
Consider Diligently what is Before You
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
If you are a big eater,
put a knife to your throat;
put a knife to your throat;
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
don’t desire all the delicacies,
for he might be trying to trick you.
for he might be trying to trick you.
Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
don’t desire their delicacies.
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.
You will throw up what little you’ve eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
and your compliments will be wasted.
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.
for they will despise the wisest advice.
Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
Commit yourself to instruction;
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Don’t fail to discipline your children.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
Everything in me will celebrate
when you speak what is right.
when you speak what is right.
and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the LORD.
but always continue to fear the LORD.
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
You will be rewarded for this;
your hope will not be disappointed.
your hope will not be disappointed.
for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
My child, listen and be wise:
Keep your heart on the right course.
Keep your heart on the right course.
Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
Do not carouse with drunkards
or feast with gluttons,
or feast with gluttons,
Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
for they are on their way to poverty,
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Get the truth and never sell it;
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
So give your father and mother joy!
May she who gave you birth be happy.
May she who gave you birth be happy.
let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
O my son, give me your heart.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
A prostitute is a dangerous trap;
a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
She hides and waits like a robber,
eager to make more men unfaithful.
eager to make more men unfaithful.
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
Who has anguish? Who has sorrow?
Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns,
trying out new drinks.
trying out new drinks.
-- They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake;
it stings like a viper.
it stings like a viper.
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
You will see hallucinations,
and you will say crazy things.
and you will say crazy things.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea,
clinging to a swaying mast.
clinging to a swaying mast.
and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast: