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\c 23
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\v 1 When you sit down to eat a meal with ruler of a country,
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\q2 think carefully about what is in front of you.
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\v 2 It is said, "put a knife to your throat" if you think of eating a lot of food,
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\q2 because it would be foolish to eat too much at such an important event.
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\v 3 Do not crave the special and expensive food the ruler enjoys;
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\q2 the food will deceive you.
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\v 4 Do not work so much that you are always tired, so you can become rich;
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\q2 be wise and know when you should stop and rest.
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\v 5 As soon as you look at the money, it will be gone;
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\q2 it will be as if it suddenly took up wings
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\q2 and flew up like an eagle, up into the sky.
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\v 6 Do not eat with an evil man—he will gaze at your food for a long time—
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\q2 do not desire his fine food,
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\v 7 because he will be thinking about how much your food cost him,
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\q2 and he will say to you, "Eat and drink,"
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\q2 but that is not what he will really be thinking.
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\v 8 When you realize what he is really thinking, you will want to vomit what you have eaten;
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\q2 and you will have wasted all the compliments you gave about the fine meal he prepared.
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\v 9 Do not waste time talking to a fool;
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\q2 he will only despise the wise things that you say.
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\v 10 Again, do not remove the ancient boundary stone. It is a marker for the property lines;
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\q2 and do not claim land that is set apart for orphans to work,
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\v 11 because the One who redeems them is strong,
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\q2 and he will plead their case against you.
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\v 12 Pay attention to what you are learning,
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\q2 and listen to the words of knowledge.
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\v 13 Do not refuse to discipline your children;
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\q2 if you punish them, they will not die,
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\v 14 and if you beat them with the rod of discipline,
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\q2 you may save their lives from death.
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\v 15 My son, if you have taken wisdom deep within yourself,
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\q2 I will be very happy,
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\v 16 and I will be sincerely glad
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\q2 when you say what is right.
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\v 17 Do not envy sinful people;
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\q2 but give Yahweh the respect he deserves, all day long.
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\v 18 If you respect him, you will have a life in the future,
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\q2 and Yahweh will not cut off his promises for the future.
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\v 19 My son, listen to me so you may become wise,
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\q2 and think about the way you live your life.
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\v 20 Do not associate with those who get drunk with wine,
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\q2 or with those who are eat far too much food,
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\v 21 because drunkards and gluttons will become poor;
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\q2 and they will sleep so much that they will have nothing but rags to wear.
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\v 22 Pay attention to your father who brought you into the world,
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\q2 and do not hate your mother when she is old.
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\v 23 When you study wisdom, think of it as buying truth, but never selling it;
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\q2 and the same for wisdom, and with discipline, and also with understanding;
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\q2 let it be as though you were buying them so you can keep them for the rest of your life.
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\v 24 The father of a child who does what is right will be very happy;
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\q2 any man who has a wise son will be very happy because of him.
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\v 25 Make your father and mother proud,
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\q2 and let your mother be glad.
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\v 26 My son, take what I say and put it deep within you,
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\q2 and pay attention to the way that I live.
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\v 27 A prostitute is like a very deep pit, that is easy to fall into, but difficult to get out;
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\q2 another man's wife is a narrow pit; just as dangerous as a deep pit, but of a different kind.
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\v 28 The immoral woman is waiting for you, waiting like a robber waits for his victim;
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\q2 and they cause many men to become liars and traitors to those who love them.
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\v 29 Who is it who had trouble? Who has sorrows? Who has conflicts and fights?
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\q2 Who has quarreling? Who is wounded for no reason?
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\q2 Whose eyes are always bloodshot because they drank too much or ate too much?
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\v 30 It is those who drink too much wine
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\q2 and those who drink the mixed wine.
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\v 31 Do not look with pleasure at red wine when it sparkles in the cup,
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\q2 and it goes down the throat smoothly.
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\v 32 But, in the last, it bites you like a poisonous snake .
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\v 33 It makes you see strange things,
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\q2 and within you, you say perverse things when you are drunk.
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\v 34 You will think you are on a ship that is tossing on the sea;
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\q2 you will be like someone who is trying to sleep up on the rigging of the boat.
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\v 35 You will say, "I think that someone struck me, but he did not hurt me;
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\q2 They beat me, but I did not feel it.
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\q1 When will I wake up
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\q2 in order that I can drink some more wine?"
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