Proverbs 23:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:32-33 : 32 And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: so that they were looking at one another in wonder. 33 And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of the others. And they took wine freely with him.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

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  • Prov 23:2-3
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    2 And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

    3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

  • Prov 23:6-8
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    6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

    7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

    8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

  • Luke 14:7-10
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    7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

    8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

    9 And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

    10 But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

  • Prov 25:6-8
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    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

    7 For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

    8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

  • Prov 30:22
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    22 A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

  • Eccl 8:2-3
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    2 I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

    3 Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

  • Prov 23:19-20
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    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

    20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16 Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

    17 Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.

  • Deut 12:25
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    25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Deut 8:12
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    12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;

  • Prov 27:23
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    23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

  • Prov 22:29
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    29 Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

  • Deut 8:10
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    10 And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

  • Prov 24:21
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    21 My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

  • Isa 21:5
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    5 They make ready the table, they put down the covers, they take food and drink. Up! you captains; put oil on your breastplates.

  • Luke 22:27
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    27 For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

  • Eccl 5:1
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    1 Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • Exod 25:30
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    30 And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.

  • Prov 29:12
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    12 If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Luke 22:30
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    30 So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Dan 1:13
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    13 Then take a look at our faces and the faces of the young men who have food from the king's table; and, having seen them, do to your servants as it seems right to you.

  • Deut 12:18-19
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    18 But they will be your food before the Lord your God in the place of his selection, where you may make a feast of them, with your son and your daughter, and your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is living with you: and you will have joy before the Lord your God in everything to which you put your hand.

    19 See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.

  • Jer 16:8
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    8 And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

  • 1 Cor 11:33
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    33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to the holy meal of the Lord, let there be waiting for one another.

  • Jer 22:15
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    15 Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?

  • Luke 14:15
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    15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

  • Eccl 10:4-5
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    4 If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

  • 1 Cor 10:27
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    27 If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

  • Luke 17:8
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    8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?