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Proverbs 23:3-15 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

3. Don't long for his fancy food. It can fool you.

4. Don't wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to say no.

5. When you take even a quick look at riches, they are gone. They grow wings and fly away into the sky like an eagle.

6. Don't eat the food of anyone who won't share it. Don't long for his fancy food.

7. He is the kind of person who is always thinking about how much it costs. "Eat and drink," he says to you. But he doesn't mean it.

8. You will throw up what little you have eaten. You will have wasted your words of praise.

9. Don't speak to a foolish person. He will laugh at your wise words.

10. Don't move old boundary stones. Don't try to take over the fields of children whose fathers have died.

11. The One who guards them is strong. He will stand up for them in court against you.

12. Apply your heart to what you are taught. Listen carefully to words of knowledge.

13. Don't hold back training from a child. If you correct him, he won't die.

14. So correct him. Then you will save him from death.

15. My child, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad.

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