Proverbs 23:1

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

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WEBBE

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

BBE

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

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Matthew Henry · Verses 1–3

God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.