Proverbs 23:1
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
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- Gen 43:32-34 : 32 They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. 33 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another. 34 He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.
- Jude 1:12 : 12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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- Prov 23:2-32 verses80%
2 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
- Prov 23:6-83 verses73%
6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "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 good words.
- Luke 14:7-104 verses72%
7 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
8 "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
- Prov 25:6-83 verses71%
6 Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;
7 for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
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22 For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
- Eccl 8:2-32 verses70%
2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.
3 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
- Prov 23:19-202 verses70%
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
20 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
- Eccl 10:16-172 verses70%
16 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
17 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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25 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
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21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
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12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;
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23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:
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29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
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23 These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
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21 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
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10 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
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21 My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:
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5 They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
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27 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.
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1 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.
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6 and said to the judges, "Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for Yahweh; and [he is] with you in the judgment.
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30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
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12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
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10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
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13 Then let our faces be looked on before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as you see, deal with your servants.
- Deut 12:18-192 verses67%
18 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.
19 Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
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8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
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33 Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
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15 Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
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15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"
- Eccl 10:4-52 verses66%
4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
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27 But if one of those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.
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8 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?