Welcome to the Daily Audio Proverb. Today is the 23rd. I'm Brian Harden from Daily AudioBibbibble.com.

It's a joy and an honor to be here with you today for the next five minutes as we pour unfiltered wisdom into our hearts and lives and ask God to yield a crop of wisdom and insight for all that we do.

We'll read the 23rd chapter of the book of proverbs today from the complete Jewish Bible.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, think carefully about who is before you. If you have a big

appetite, put a knife to your throat. Don't be greedy for his delicacies, for they are deceptive

food. Don't exhaust yourself in pursuit of wealth. Be smart enough to desist.

If you make your eyes rush at it, it's no longer there.

For wealth will surely grow wings, like an eagle flying off to the sky.

Don't eat the food of a stingy man.

Don't be greedy for his delicacies, for he is like someone who keeps accounts.

Eat, drink, he says to you, but he doesn't really mean it.

The little you eat will vomit up, and your compliments will have been wasted.

Don't speak in the ears of a fool,

for he will only despise the common sense in your words.

Don't move the ancient boundary stone,

or encroach on the land of the fatherless,

for their redeemer is strong.

He will take up their fight against you. Apply your mind to

discipline and your ears to words of knowledge. Don't withhold discipline from a child. If you beat

him with a stick, he won't die. If you beat him with a stick, you'll save him from shul.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my own heart too is glad. My inmost being rejoices when your

lips say what is right. Don't envy sinners, but follow the example of those who always fear God.

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