Proverbs 23:2–6

Proverbs 23:2–64 matched frames1 pivot

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A 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite
- B 3 Be not desirous of his dainties:
  - C 3 for they are deceitful meat.
    - D 4-5 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
      - E 5 for riches certainly make themselves wings;
    - D' 5 they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  - C' 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
- B' 6 neither desire thou his dainty meats:
A' 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.