Ecclesiasticus 31:14

Ecclesiasticus 31:14 Context

¹¹His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms. ¹²If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it. ¹³Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion. ¹⁴Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish. ¹⁵Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point. ¹⁶Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated. ¹⁷Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.

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