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Proverbs 23:1-10 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

1. If you sit down to eat with a ruler,notice the food that is in front of you.

2. Control yourselfif you have a big appetite.

3. Don’t be greedy for his fine foods.He might use that rich food to trick you.

4. Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.Be wise enough to control yourself.

5. Wealth can vanish in the wink of an eye.It seems to grow wingsand fly away like an eagle in the sky.

6. Don’t eat the food of a selfish person.Don’t be greedy for his fine foods.

7. A selfish person is always worryingabout how much the food costs.He tells you, “Eat and drink.”But he doesn’t really mean it.

8. So you will feel like throwing up the little bit you have eaten.And you will have wasted your kind words.

9. Don’t speak to a foolish person.He will only ignore your wise words.

10. Don’t move an old stone that shows where somebody’s land is.And don’t take fields that belong to orphans.

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