Proverbs 23:1

When you sit to eat with a ruler, || Diligently consider that which [is] before you,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

In Context

2And you have put a knife to your throat, || If you [are] a man of appetite.

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Cross References

Genesis 43:32And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it [is] an abomination to the Egyptians.

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