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July 4, 2019

Proverbs 23 – 2019-07-04

By carmenhsu In Devotion Text, Proverbs with Comments Off on Proverbs 23 – 2019-07-04
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  • Proverbs 23:1-11 (ESV)

    1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,

    observe carefully what is before you,

    2 and put a knife to your throat

    if you are given to appetite.

    3 Do not desire his delicacies,

    for they are deceptive food.

    4 Do not toil to acquire wealth;

    be discerning enough to desist.

    5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone,

    for suddenly it sprouts wings,

    flying like an eagle toward heaven.

    6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;

    do not desire his delicacies,

    7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.

    “Eat and drink!” he says to you,

    but his heart is not with you.

    8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,

    and waste your pleasant words.

    9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,

    for he will despise the good sense of your words.

    10 Do not move an ancient landmark

    or enter the fields of the fatherless,

    11 for their Redeemer is strong;

    he will plead their cause against you.

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