Proverbs 23:1-8

1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

4Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to restrain yourself.

5When you cast your eyes 0n riches, it is gone; for it surely sprouts wings and flies off into the sky like an eagle.

6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, or desire his delicacies.

7For as he thinks within himself, so is he. “Eat and drink”, he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8You will vomit up the morsel you ate, and will waste your pleasant words.