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31:1 Watching for riches consumeth the flesh:

31:2 and the care thereof driveth away sleep. KJV [2] Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep:

31:3 The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates:

31:4 The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy:

31:5 He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof:

31:6 Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present. KJV [7] It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith:

31:8 Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold. KJV [9] Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people. KJV [10] Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it? KJV [11] His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms. KJV [12] If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it:

31:14 KJV [13] Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion:

31:16 Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish:

31:18 KJV [15] Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point. KJV [16] Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated. KJV [17] Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend. KJV [18] When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all. KJV [19] A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed. KJV [20] Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man. KJV [21] And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest:

31:26 My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee:

31:27 in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee:

31:28 KJV [23] Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed. KJV [24] But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of:

31:30 Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many. KJV [26] The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness. KJV [27] Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad:

31:38 Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind: But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling. KJV [30] Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds:

31:41 KJV [31] Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine:

31:42 KJV [31] and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him: