<vn='1'><sn="3588">When</s> thou <sn="3427">sittest</s> to <sn="3898">eat</s><sn="854">with</s> a <sn="4910">ruler</s>, consider <sn="995 995">diligently</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> is <sn="6440">before</s> thee: </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="7760">put</s> a <sn="7915">knife</s> to thy <sn="3930">throat</s>, <sn="518">if</s><sn="859">thou</s> be a <sn="1167">man</s> given to <sn="5315">appetite</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Be <sn="408">not</s><sn="183">desirous</s> of his <sn="4303">dainties</s>: for <sn="1931">they</s> are <sn="3577">deceitful</s><sn="3899">meat</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3021">Labor</s><sn="408">not</s> to be <sn="6238">rich</s>: <sn="2308">cease</s><sn="4480">from</s> thine own <sn="998">wisdom</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Wilt thou <sn="5774">set</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> upon that which is <sn="369">not</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> riches certainly <sn="6213 6213">make</s> themselves <sn="3671">wings</s>; they fly <sn="5774">away</s> as an <sn="5404">eagle</s> toward <sn="8064">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3898">Eat</s> thou <sn="408">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3899">bread</s> of him that hath an <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="5869">eye</s>, <sn="408">neither</s><sn="183">desire</s> thou his dainty <sn="4303">meats</s>: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3644">as</s> he <sn="8176">thinketh</s> in his <sn="5315">heart</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> is <sn="1931">he</s>: <sn="398">Eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> he to thee; but his <sn="3820">heart</s> is <sn="1077">not</s> with <sn="5973">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="6595">morsel</s> which thou hast <sn="398">eaten</s> shalt thou vomit <sn="6958">up</s>, and <sn="7843">lose</s> thy <sn="5273">sweet</s><sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1696">Speak</s><sn="408">not</s> in the <sn="241">ears</s> of a <sn="3684">fool</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he will <sn="936">despise</s> the <sn="7922">wisdom</s> of thy <sn="4405">words</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="5253">Remove</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="5769">old</s><sn="1366">landmark</s>; and <sn="935">enter</s><sn="408">not</s> into the <sn="7704">fields</s> of the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>: </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s> their <sn="1350">redeemer</s> is <sn="2389">mighty</s>; <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="7378">plead</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="7379">cause</s><sn="854">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="935">Apply</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s> unto <sn="4148">instruction</s>, and thine <sn="241">ears</s> to the <sn="561">words</s> of <sn="1847">knowledge</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="4513">Withhold</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="4148">correction</s> from the <sn="4480 5288">child</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> if thou <sn="5221">beatest</s> him with the <sn="7626">rod</s>, he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="859">Thou</s> shalt <sn="5221">beat</s> him with the <sn="7626">rod</s>, and shalt <sn="5337">deliver</s> his <sn="5315">soul</s> from <sn="4480 7585">hell</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="518">if</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s> be <sn="2449">wise</s>, my <sn="3820">heart</s> shall <sn="8055">rejoice</s>, <sn="1571">even</s><sn="589">mine</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Yea, my <sn="3629">reins</s> shall <sn="5937">rejoice</s>, when thy <sn="8193">lips</s><sn="1696">speak</s> right <sn="4339">things</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Let <sn="408">not</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="7065">envy</s><sn="2400">sinners</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> be thou in the <sn="3374">fear</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> long. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="518">surely</s> there <sn="3426">is</s> an <sn="319">end</s>; and thine <sn="8615">expectation</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be cut <sn="3772">off</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="859">thou</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s>, and be <sn="2449">wise</s>, and <sn="833">guide</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1961">Be</s><sn="408">not</s> among <sn="5433 3196">winebibbers</s>; among riotous <sn="2151">eaters</s> of <sn="1320">flesh</s>: </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="5433">drunkard</s> and the <sn="2151">glutton</s> shall come to <sn="3423">poverty</s>: and <sn="5124">drowsiness</s> shall <sn="3847">clothe</s> a man with <sn="7168">rags</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="8085">Hearken</s> unto thy <sn="1">father</s><sn="2088">that</s><sn="3205">begot</s> thee, and <sn="936">despise</s><sn="408">not</s> thy <sn="517">mother</s><sn="3588">when</s> she is <sn="2204">old</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="7069">Buy</s> the <sn="571">truth</s>, and <sn="4376">sell</s> it <sn="408">not</s>; also <sn="2451">wisdom</s>, and <sn="4148">instruction</s>, and <sn="998">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>The <sn="1">father</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall greatly <sn="1523 1523">rejoice</s>: and he that <sn="3205">begetteth</s> a <sn="2450">wise</s> child shall have <sn="8055">joy</s> of him. </v>
<vn='25'>Thy <sn="1">father</s> and thy <sn="517">mother</s> shall be <sn="8055">glad</s>, and she that <sn="3205">bore</s> thee shall <sn="1523">rejoice</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="5414">give</s> me thine <sn="3820">heart</s>, and let thine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="5341">observe</s> my <sn="1870">ways</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">For</s> a <sn="2181">whore</s> is a <sn="6013">deep</s><sn="7745">ditch</s>; and a <sn="5237">strange</s> woman is a <sn="6862">narrow</s><sn="875">pit</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1931">She</s><sn="637">also</s> lieth in <sn="693">wait</s> as for a <sn="2863">prey</s>, and <sn="3254">increaseth</s> the <sn="898">transgressors</s> among <sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>They that tarry <sn="309">long</s><sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="3196">wine</s>; they that <sn="935">go</s> to <sn="2713">seek</s> mixed <sn="4469">wine</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="7200">Look</s><sn="408">not</s> thou upon the <sn="3196">wine</s><sn="3588">when</s> it is <sn="119">red</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> it <sn="5414">giveth</s> his <sn="5869">color</s> in the <sn="3563">cup</s>, when it moveth <sn="1980">itself</s><sn="4339">aright</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>At the <sn="319">last</s> it <sn="5391">biteth</s> like a <sn="5175">serpent</s>, and <sn="6567">stingeth</s> like an <sn="6848">adder</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Yea, thou shalt <sn="1961">be</s> as he that lieth <sn="7901">down</s> in the <sn="3820">midst</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>, or as he that <sn="7901">lieth</s> upon the <sn="7218">top</s> of a <sn="2260">mast</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>They have <sn="5221">stricken</s> me, shalt thou say, and I was <sn="1077">not</s><sn="2470">sick</s>; they have <sn="1986">beaten</s> me, and I <sn="3045">felt</s> it <sn="1077">not</s>: <sn="4970">when</s> shall I <sn="6974">awake</s>? I will <sn="1245">seek</s> it <sn="3254">yet</s><sn="5750">again</s>. </v>