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23:1  When you sit down to eat with a ruler, pay close attention to what is put in front of you,
23:2  and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
23:3  Do not crave his delicious food. That food is deceptive.
23:4  Do not wear yourself out getting rich. Have the good judgment to know when to stop.
23:5  Will your eyes get a glimpse of wealth before it is gone? No, it will sprout wings for itself. Like an eagle it will fly away into the sky.
23:6  Do not eat the food of a miser. Do not crave his delicious food,
23:7  because he is calculating how much things cost him. So when he says to you, “Eat and drink,” he does not mean it.
23:8  You will vomit up the little bit you ate and spoil your pleasant conversation.
23:9  Do not speak within earshot of a fool, because he will despise your sensible words.
23:10  Do not move an ancient boundary marker, and do not enter the fields of the fatherless,
23:11  because their Redeemer is strong. He will defend their cause against you.
23:12  Apply your heart to discipline and your ear to words that give knowledge.
23:13  Do not withhold discipline from a child, for if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
23:14  Strike him yourself with a rod, and you will rescue his soul from death.
23:15  My son, if your mind is wise, my mind will rejoice as well.
23:16  My heart will celebrate when your lips speak upright things.
23:17  Do not allow your heart to envy sinners. Instead, always fear the Lord.
23:18  Indeed, there is a future, and your hope will never be cut off.
23:19  Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the straight way.
23:20  Do not be among those who drink too much wine, or those who eat too much meat,
23:21  because a drunk and a glutton will become poor, and drunken stupor dresses a person in rags.
23:22  Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23:23  Buy truth and do not sell it. Buy wisdom, discipline, and knowledge.
23:24  The father of a righteous child will celebrate greatly. One who fathers a wise son will find joy in him.
23:25  Your father and your mother will find joy, and she who gave birth to you will celebrate.
23:26  My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes be pleased with my ways,
23:27  because a prostitute is a deep pit, and an immoral woman is a narrow well.
23:28  She is also like a robber waiting to ambush someone, and she multiplies unfaithful men among the people.
23:29  Who has trouble? Who has misery? Who has quarrels? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has glazed eyes?
23:30  Those who linger over wine, those who go to search for mixed wine.
23:31  Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
23:32  Later it bites like a snake, and it strikes like a venomous viper.
23:33  Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will say senseless things.
23:34  You will be like someone who tries to sleep in the middle of the sea, like someone who tries to sleep at the top of a ship’s mast.
23:35  “They struck me, but I felt no pain. They beat me, but I was not aware of it. When will I wake up, so that I can try it again?”