Proverbs 23:1-5 English Standard Version (ESV)

1. When you sit down to eat with a ruler,observe carefully what is before you,

2. and put a knife to your throatif you are given to appetite.

3. Do not desire his delicacies,for they are deceptive food.

4. Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.

5. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings,flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 23