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Proverbs 23:2

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and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.

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He went out, and he brought, and he gave to his mother. She prepared the meats, just as she knew his father liked.

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

Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.

Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.

Their end is destruction; their god is their belly; and their glory is in their shame: for they are immersed in earthly things.