Proverbs 23:1-3

New International Version

Saying 7

23 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
    note well what^[a] is before you,
²and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.
³Do not crave his delicacies,^(A)
    for that food is deceptive.

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Proverbs 23:1 Or who

Proverbs 23:6-8

New International Version

Saying 9

⁶Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
    do not crave his delicacies;^(A)
⁷for he is the kind of person
    who is always thinking about the cost.^[a]
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
    but his heart is not with you.
⁸You will vomit up the little you have eaten
    and will have wasted your compliments.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is

Proverbs 25:6

New International Version

⁶Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
and do not claim a place among his great men;

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Proverbs 25:6 in all English translations

Proverbs 25:7

New International Version

⁷it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”^(A)
than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

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Proverbs 25:7 in all English translations

Proverbs 25:17

New International Version

¹⁷Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
too much of you, and they will hate you.

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Proverbs 25:17 in all English translations

Luke 10:5-7

New International Version

⁵“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ ⁶If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. ⁷Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.^(A) Do not move around from house to house.

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Luke 14:7-11

New International Version

⁷When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table,^(A) he told them this parable: ⁸“When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. ⁹If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. ¹⁰But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests. ¹¹For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”^(B)