1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;¶ 2put a knife to your throat, 3Do not be desirous of his dainties, 4Do not weary yourself to be rich. 5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? 6Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, 7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. 8The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, 9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, 10Do not move the ancient boundary stone. 11for their Defender is strong. 12Apply your heart to instruction, 13Do not withhold correction from a child. 14Punish him with the rod, 15My son, if your heart is wise, 16yes, my heart will rejoice, 17Do not let your heart envy sinners; 18Indeed surely there is a future hope, 19Listen, my son, and be wise, 20Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, 21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; 22Listen to your father who gave you life, 23Buy the truth, and do not sell it. 24The father of the righteous has great joy. 25Let your father and your mother be glad! 26My son, give me your heart; 27For a prostitute is a deep pit; 28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, 29Who has woe? 30Those who stay long at the wine; 31Do not look at the wine when it is red, 32In the end, it bites like a snake, 33Your eyes will see strange things, 34Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, 35"They hit me, and I was not hurt!