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When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully whata is before you,
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and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
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1Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
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When your eyes light on it, it is gone, 4for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
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for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.c "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his 8heart is not with you.
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You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
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9Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Provérbios 23:1
Quando te assentares a comer com um governador, atenta bem para aquele que está diante de ti;
King James Version KJV
Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
New King James Version NKJV
Proverbs 23:1
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
Provérbios 23:1
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