23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what[a] is before you,
and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big[b] appetite;

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  1. 23:1 Or who
  2. 23:2 Lit you are the master of an

Saying 7

23 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
    note well what[a] is before you,
and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.

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  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who