Proverbs 23:1
WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
¶ When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.
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- Genesis 43:32–34Rank 1 from verse 1
32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
34And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
32And they set on for him by himselfe, and for them by themselues, and for the Egyptians which did eate with him, by themselues: because the Egyptians might not eate bread with the Hebrewes: for that is an abomination vnto the Egyptians.
33And they sate before him, the first borne according to his birthright, and the yongest according to his youth: and the men marueiled one at another.
34And hee tooke and sent measses vnto them from before him: but Beniamins measse was fiue times so much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and †were merry with him.
12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
12These are spottes in your feasts of charitie, when they feast with you, feeding themselues without feare: cloudes they are without water, caried about of winds, trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twise dead, plucked vp by the rootes.
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Proverbs 23:1
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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Sense 1: One who governs or exercises authority. Sense 2: A straight measuring instrument.
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1. To think upon attentively; to examine or weigh. 2. To regard, observe, or take notice of.
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diligently
With steady care, earnest effort, or close attention.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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22:29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
22:29†Seest thou a man diligent in his businesse? hee shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before meane men.
23:1WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
23:1¶ When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.
Selected passage23:2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
23:2And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.