1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee;
2. and put a knife to thy throat if thou art a man given to appetite.
3. Do not be desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
4. Do not labour to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon riches which are not? For they shall certainly make themselves wings; they shall fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6. Do not eat the bread of anyone who has an evil eye, neither desire his dainty foods;
7. for as he thinks in his soul, so is he; Eat and drink, he shall say unto thee, but his heart is not with thee.
8. Didst thou eat thy part? Thou shalt vomit it up and lose thy sweet words.
9. Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the prudence of thy words.
10. Do not remove the old landmark, and do not enter into the inheritance of the fatherless:
11. For their redeemer is mighty; he shall judge their cause against thee.