Proverbs 23:1
Verse 1 of 35. The 23rd of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.