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1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
The Lord brings us wealth, we do not need to strive for it.
- WEALTH - WISDOM

5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Fix your eyes on wealth and it will fly away.
- WEALTH

6 Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Do not be motivated by evil desires.
- ASSOCIATION

7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
What dominates a person's thinking will eventually manifest in their lifestyle.
- THOUGHTS

8 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
This is the same as casting your pearls before swine.
- WORDS - SPOKEN

10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
 - POOR PEOPLE
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Always be open to being taught new things and add to your knowledge.
- KNOWLEDGE - HEART

13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Correction and discipline of children is a good thing.
- CHILD REARING - DISCIPLINE

14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
 - DISCIPLINE
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Our words have an amazing effect on the inner man.
- HEART OF MAN

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
 - FEAR OF THE LORD
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Wisdom comes by listening and this affects the heart or inner being.
- HEART OF MAN - WISDOM

20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
It is not the eating and drinking that is bad, but doing these in excess.
- DRINKING - GLUTTONY

21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Excessive eating and drinking bring poverty. Weariness that comes as a result will steal all good things from you.
- POVERTY

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
We must continue to respect and appreciate our parents even into old age.
- PARENTS - ROLE

23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
There is a price to pay for truth and wisdom that comes from being taught and studying. But it must then be offered freely and not used for personal gain.
- TRUTH

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
 - PARENTS - HONOUR
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
 - HEART OF MAN
27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
The results of too much emphasis on drinking.
- DRINKING

30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
 - DRINKING
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
 - DRINKING
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
 - DRINKING
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
 - DRINKING
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
A good description of the feeling of being drunk.
- DRINKING

35 They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Picture of an alcoholic.
- DRINKING