Proverbs 23:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

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  • Gen 43:32-34 : 32 And they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and they marveled at one another. 34 And he took and sent portions to them from before him: but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

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  • Prov 23:2-3
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    80%

    2 And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

    3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Prov 23:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6 Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

    7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

    8 The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.

  • Luke 14:7-10
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    7 And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best places; saying to them,

    8 When you are invited by any man to a wedding, do not sit down in the highest place; lest a more honorable man than you be invited by him;

    9 And he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give this man your place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest place.

    10 But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher: then you will have honor in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.

  • Prov 25:6-8
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    6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

    7 For it is better to be told, "Come up here," than to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.

    8 Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22 For a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he is filled with food;

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

    3 Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.

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

    20 Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat:

  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

    17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

  • Deut 12:25
    70%

    25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21 To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

  • Deut 8:12
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    12 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwelt therein;

  • Prov 27:23
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    23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

  • Prov 22:29
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    29 Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21 Also, do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant curse you.

  • Deut 8:10
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    10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.

  • Prov 24:21
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    21 My son, fear the LORD and the king; do not associate with those given to change.

  • Isa 21:5
    67%

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

  • Luke 22:27
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    27 For which is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? But I am among you as he who serves.

  • Eccl 5:1
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    1 Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

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

  • Exod 25:30
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    30 And you shall set the showbread on the table before me always.

  • Prov 29:12
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    12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10 Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Luke 22:30
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    30 That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Dan 1:13
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    13 Then let our appearance be examined before you, and the appearance of the young men who eat the portion of the king's delicacies; and as you see fit, deal with your servants."

  • Deut 12:18-19
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    18 But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hands to.

    19 Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live on the earth.

  • Jer 16:8
    66%

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

  • 1 Cor 11:33
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    33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

  • Jer 22:15
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    15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

  • Luke 14:15
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    15 And when one of them who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

  • Eccl 10:4-5
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    4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for yielding pacifies great offenses.

    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler:

  • 1 Cor 10:27
    66%

    27 If any of those who do not believe invite you to a meal, and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.

  • Luke 17:8
    66%

    8 Will he not rather say to him, Prepare my meal, and put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?