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Proverbs 23:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you. "

Proverbs 23:11

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9 Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

10 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

13 Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

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Proverbs 23:1

"When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;"

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"put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite."

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"Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food."

Proverbs 23:4

"Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint."

Proverbs 23:5

"Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky."

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"Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,"

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