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Proverbs 23:4 Meaning & Commentary – Cease from thine own wisdom

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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

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

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

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Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

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Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: