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What should you do when you sit down to dine with a ruler? (23:1)
A. Carefully consider what is before you
B. Eat everything before you
C. Put your napkin in your lap
D. Offer thanks before eating |
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| A. Carefully consider what is before you |
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What should a man of great appetite do with his knife when eating with a ruler? (23:2)
A. Hide it
B. Cut a large portion
C. Put it in his pocket
D. Put it to his throat |
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Why should you not desire the delicacies of a ruler? (23:3)
A. It is deceptive food
B. It is impolite
C. It will make you sick
D. It will cause you to be thrown in prison |
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One should not overwork himself in order to gain what? (23:4)
A. Riches
B. Honor
C. Wisdom
D. Friends |
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What flies like an eagle toward heaven? (23:5)
A. Sorrow
B. Happiness
C. Poverty
D. Riches |
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Why should you not listen to a selfish man who says, “Eat and drink!”? (23:7)
A. His food is poison
B. He took the food from the poor
C. His heart is not with you
D. He will expect to be repaid |
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| C. His heart is not with you |
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A man is as he what? (23:7)
A. Wants to be
B. Says he is
C. Was born
D. Thinks in his heart |
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What happens to the man who eats a meal provided by a selfish man? (23:8)
A. He hates the food
B. He loves the man
C. He vomits up the food and wastes pleasant words
D. He makes the man better |
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| C. He vomits up the food and wastes pleasant words |
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Why should you not speak in the hearing of a fool? (23:9)
A. He will despise the wisdom of your words
B. He will hear and learn and turn from evil
C. He will laugh at you
D. He will walk away |
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| A. He will despise the wisdom of your words |
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Why should you not move the ancient landmark or go into the fields of the fatherless? (23:10)
A. You will be put in prison
B. Their Redeemer is mighty
C. You do not have permission
D. All the above |
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| B. Their Redeemer is mighty |
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To what should you apply your heart? (23:12)
A. Wealth
B. Your spouse
C. Joy
D. Instruction |
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To what should you apply your ears? (23:12)
A. Sounds of music
B. Words of gossip
C. Words of knowledge
D. Sounds of nature |
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Do not hold correction back from a child, for what will not kill him? (23:13)
A. Beating him with a rod
B. Making him work
C. Withholding food from him
D. Grounding him |
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| A. Beating him with a rod |
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Beating a child with a rod will save his soul from what? (23:14)
A. Poverty
B. Ignorance
C. Hell
D. Calamity |
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The heart of a father will be glad if the heart of his son is what? (23:15)
A. Glad
B. Wise
C. Tender
D. Haughty |
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What causes the inmost being of a father to rejoice? (23:16)
A. When his son speaks right things
B. When his son leaves home
C. When his son gets married
D. When his son has a family |
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| A. When his son speaks right things |
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Whom should you not let your heart envy? (23:17)
A. Kings
B. Princes
C. Fools
D. Sinners |
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Rather than envy sinners, what should you do? (23:17)
A. Fear the Lord
B. Hate sinners
C. Avoid sinners
D. Be happy |
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Since there is a hereafter, what will not be cut off? (23:18)
A. Friends
B. Days
C. Hope
D. Sunshine |
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To become wise and direct your heart in the right way, you must do what? (23:19)
A. Run
B. Walk
C. Sleep
D. Hear |
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Avoid heavy drinkers of what? (23:20)
A. Tea
B. Water
C. Milk
D. Wine |
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Avoid gluttons of what? (23:20)
A. Candy
B. Honey
C. Meat
D. Bread |
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What happens to the drunkard and the glutton? (23:21)
A. They fall asleep
B. They go to prison
C. They come to poverty
D. They have much joy |
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What clothes a man with rags? (23:21)
A. The adulteress
B. The prison guard
C. Drowsiness
D. Sleep |
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What person is not to be despised when they are old? (23:22)
A. Your mother
B. Your neighbor
C. Your king
D. Your teacher |
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What are you to buy and never sell? (23:23)
A. Land
B. Rest
C. Friendship
D. Truth |
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How can you let your father and mother rejoice? (23:24-25)
A. By being famous
B. By being righteous
C. By being rich
D. By doing your chores |
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Who is a narrow well? (23:27)
A. A seductress
B. A thief
C. A scoffer
D. A virtuous woman |
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Who lies in wait for a victim and increases the unfaithful among men? (23:27-28)
A. Folly
B. Satan
C. The harlot
D. The gossip |
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Who has sorrow, contentions, complaints, wounds and red eyes? (23:29-30)
A. Parents
B. Children
C. Those who linger long over wine
D. Those who tell secrets |
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| C. Those who linger long over wine |
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What is not to be looked upon when it is red? (23:31)
A. The sun
B. The desert
C. Wine
D. Food |
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What bites like a serpent and stings like a viper? (23:31-32)
A. Wine
B. Poverty
C. Greed
D. Envy |
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One who lingers long over wine is said to be like whom? (23:34)
A. One who sleeps with pigs
B. One who falls from a tree
C. One who lies down in the sea
D. One who beats his head against a tree |
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| C. One who lies down in the sea |
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Which of the following is one who drinks wine said to do? (23:33-35)
A. See strange things
B. Say perverse things
C. Not feel being beaten
D. All the above |
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What does the man who lingered long over wine do when he awakens? (23:35)
A. Goes home
B. Sees a doctor
C. Eats breakfast
D. Seeks another drink |
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