Proverbs 23:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gen 43:32-34 : 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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    2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.

    3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.

  • Prov 23:6-8
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    6 ¶ Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

    7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.

    8 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

  • Luke 14:7-10
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    7 ¶ And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

    8 ‹When thou art bidden of any› [man] ‹to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;›

    9 ‹And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.›

    10 ‹But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.›

  • Prov 25:6-8
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    6 ¶ Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]:

    7 For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

    8 ¶ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

  • Eccl 8:2-3
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    2 I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.

    3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

  • Prov 23:19-20
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    19 ¶ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

    20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16 ¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

    17 Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

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    25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21 ¶ To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.

  • Deut 8:12
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    12 Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];

  • Prov 27:23
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    23 ¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

  • Prov 22:29
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    29 ¶ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].

  • Prov 24:23
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    23 ¶ These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

  • Deut 8:10
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    10 ¶ When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

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    21 ¶ My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:

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    5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, [and] anoint the shield.

  • Luke 22:27
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  • Eccl 5:1
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    1 ¶ Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.

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    30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

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    10 ¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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    13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

  • Deut 12:18-19
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    18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

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    8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

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    33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

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    15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest [thyself] in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, [and] then [it was] well with him?

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    4 ¶ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

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    27 If any of them that believe not bid you [to a feast], and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

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    8 ‹And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?›