Proverbs 23:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²and put a knife to your throat
    if you have a big appetite.
³Do not desire the ruler’s^[a] delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.
⁴Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    be wise enough to desist.

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Proverbs 23:3 Heb his

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