Verse 1

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully consider what is before you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:32-34 : 32 They served Joseph separately, the brothers separately, and the Egyptians who ate with him separately, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that was detestable to them. 33 The men were seated before him in order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest, and they looked at each other in astonishment. 34 Joseph sent portions from his table to them, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as anyone else's. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are hidden reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, shepherding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted.