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

Proverbs 23:1

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-3)

The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us. 1. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: “ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler thou has great plenty before thee, varieties and dainties, such a table spread as thou has seldom seen; th...

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