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When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite. Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.
Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men; for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
But if one of those who do not believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.
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Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies: for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink." he says to you, but his heart is not with you. The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' If a peaceful person is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them, "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him, and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place. read more.
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
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to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
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to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
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to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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