New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 23:1-8 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what's in front of you.

2. Put a knife to your throat if you like to eat too much.

3. Don't long for his fancy food. It can fool you.

4. Don't wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to say no.

5. When you take even a quick look at riches, they are gone. They grow wings and fly away into the sky like an eagle.

6. Don't eat the food of anyone who won't share it. Don't long for his fancy food.

7. He is the kind of person who is always thinking about how much it costs. "Eat and drink," he says to you. But he doesn't mean it.

8. You will throw up what little you have eaten. You will have wasted your words of praise.