Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest to eate with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee.
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- Gen 43:32-34 : 32 And they prepared for hym by hym selfe, and for them by them selues, and for the Egyptians which dyd eate with him, by them selues, because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrewes: for that is an abhomination to the Egyptians. 33 And they satte before hym the first borne, according to his age, & the youngest according to his youth: and the men merueyled among them selues. 34 And he sent rewardes vnto them from before him selfe: but Beniamins part was fiue times so muche as any of theirs: and they dronke, and were made mery with him.
- Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spottes in your feastes of charitie, whe they feast with you, without al feare feedyng the selues: cloudes they are without water, caryed about of windes, corrupt trees, and without fruite, twise dead, and plucked vp by the rootes:
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- Prov 23:2-32 verses80%
2 Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set.
3 Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth.
- Prov 23:6-83 verses73%
6 Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate.
7 For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes.
- Luke 14:7-104 verses72%
7 He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes, and sayde vnto them:
8 When thou art bydden of any man to a weddyng, syt not downe in the hyest rowme: lest a more honourable man then thou, be bydden of hym,
9 And he, that bad hym and thee, come, and say to thee, geue this man rowme: & thou then begyn with shame, to take the lowest rowme.
10 But when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme, that when he that bad thee cometh, he may say vnto thee, friende syt vp hyer: Then shalt thou haue worshyppe in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee.
- Prov 25:6-83 verses71%
6 Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:
7 For better is it, that it be sayde vnto thee, come vp hyther: then thou to be put lower in the presence of the priuce whom thou seest with thyne eyes.
8 Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee.
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22 A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,
- Eccl 8:2-32 verses70%
2 Kepe the kynges commaundement, namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same.
3 Be not hastie to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no euyll thing: for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym, that doth he.
- Prov 23:19-202 verses70%
19 My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way of the Lorde.
20 Kepe not company with wine bibbers, and riotous eaters of fleshe:
- Eccl 10:16-172 verses70%
16 Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.
17 But well is thee O thou lande, whose kyng is come of nobles, and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie, and not for lust.
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25 Thou shalt not eate it, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chyldren after thee: But thou shalt do that whiche is ryght in the sight of the Lorde.
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21 To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.
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12 Yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast buylt goodly houses and dwelt therein:
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23 Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes.
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29 Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people?
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23 It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
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21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee:
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10 When thou hast eaten therfore & filled thy selfe, thou shalt blesse the Lorde thy God for the good lande whiche he hath geuen thee.
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21 My sonne, feare thou the Lorde and the kyng, and kepe no company with them that slide backe from his feare:
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5 Whyle they garnished the table, the watchman loked: and whyle I was eatyng and drynkyng, it was sayde, vp ye captaynes, take you to your shielde.
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27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.
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1 When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye, that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles: for they knowe naught but to do euyll.
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6 And sayde to the iudges, Take heede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgementes of man, but of God, whiche is with you in the iudgement.
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30 And thou shalt set vpon the table shewe bread before me alway.
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12 If a prince delight in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.
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10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
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30 That ye may eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome, & sit on seates iudgyng the twelue tribes of Israel.
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13 Then let our countenaunces be loked vpon before thee, and the countenaunces of the children that eate of the portion of the kinges meate: and as thou seest, deale with thy seruauntes.
- Deut 12:18-192 verses67%
18 But thou must eate them before the Lorde thy God, in the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen, thou and thy sonne, & thy daughter, thy seruaunt, and thy mayde, and the Lenite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the Lorde thy God, in all that thou puttest thyne hande to.
19 Beware that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.
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8 Thou shalt not go into their feast house, to sit downe to eate or drynke with them:
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33 Wherfore my brethren, when ye come together to eate, tary one for another.
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15 Thinkest thou to raigne nowe that thou hast inclosed thy selfe with Cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equitie and righteousnesse?
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15 When one of them, that sate at meate also, hearde these thynges, he sayde vnto hym: Happy is he that eateth bread in the kyngdome of God.
- Eccl 10:4-52 verses66%
4 If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.
5 Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.
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27 If any of them which beleue not, byd you to a feast and ye be disposed to go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
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8 And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?