When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Proverbs 23:1-3
We are moving away from the shorter sayings and into a series of longer ones here. The first 8 verses of Chapter 23 provide an interesting set of instructions.
Our saying today is set at the King’s dinner table, where very few of us would understand the protocol of the situation. The first thing we would need to bear in mind is that our invitation would have come with an ulterior motive of one sort or another (vv. 7-8). Verse 1 suggests to us that we should consider what the King is up to, rather than being carried away with the unimaginable delights in front of us. Rather than being carried away, eating and drinking too much, a wise person maintains their situational awareness until the King’s motive becomes clearer (Daniel 1:8).
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