Proverbs 23:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ When you sit down to eat with an official, observe carefully what is before you,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently what is before thee:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN YOU sit down to eat with a ruler, consider who and what are before you;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

Common English Bible

¹ When you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully consider what is in front of you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,

Proverbs 23:1 Cross References

Jude 1:12

These are blots on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see those who are skillful in their work? They will serve kings; they will not serve common people.

Proverbs 23:2

and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.