By: Rev. Lynwood F. Mundy
Proverbs 23:1-5
Proverbs 23:1-5
When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
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.
4 Do not overwork to be rich;[Prov. 28:20; Matt. 6:19; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Heb. 13:5] (Rom. 12:16) Because of your own understanding, cease!
5 (Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?) Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982. Print.
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