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== Knife to thy throat ==
[[File:knife.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The [[dainties]] of rulers, like the [[tables]] that were supposed to be for their [[welfare]] was a [[snare|snare and trap]].<Ref name="snaretrap">{{snaretrap}}</Ref> As [[covetous practices]]<Ref name="jesuscovet">{{jesuscovet}}</Ref> they are the [[idolatry]]<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref> that makes us [[merchandise]] and [[curse children]] to say nothing of returning the [[masses]] to the [[Bondage of Egypt]]. ]]


Proverbs 23:1  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'''.
== Knife to thy throat ==
 
4  Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own 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.
 
6  '''Eat thou not the bread''' of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
 
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.
 
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.'''
 
10  Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
 
== Civic Flesh pots ==
 
''Flesh pots and caldrons''<Ref>Exodus 16:3  And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh <01320> pots <05518>, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
: Ezekiel 11:3  Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron <05518>, and we be the flesh <01320>.
: Ezekiel 11:7  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh <01320>, and this city is the caldron <05518>: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
: Ezekiel 11:11  This city shall not be your caldron <05518>, neither shall ye be the flesh <01320> in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
: Micah 3:3  Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot <05518>, and as flesh <01320> within the caldron.</Ref> are equated with [[social compacts]] or [[Civil Government|civil systems of government]] or ''"cities"'' in the [[Bible]].
[[File:cauldron.jpg|right|400px|thumb|one purse|[[One purse#Civic Flesh pots]] This city is the caldron, and we be the flesh]]
 
This metaphor of ''flesh pots''<Ref>Twenty-fourth hour in series. The mark of Cain. Civil authority; Ruled by consent. The anatomy of the kingdom; the way of the kingdom. Resist not evil. Responsible giving. A cauldron of flesh. “City” and “terror” are the same word in Hebrew. Casting gold and silver in the streets; U.S. citizens cannot own gold, they can only have legal title. Givers and takers. Codifying the law.
http://www.hisholychurch.net/kkvv/x7%20folder/140506sacredpurpose24anatomy.mp3
http://www.preparingyou.com/wiki/Audio2014#Sacred_Purpose_in_Faith</Ref> is first seen in [[Exodus 16]]:3 where the people had been [[snare]]d by the [[welfare]] of Egypt into a system of [[Corvee]] or [[bondage]] but were able to sit and fill themselves. Once free in the wilderness life was not so certain.
 
But a voluntary system of [[welfare]] where you have no guarantee of [[benefits]] forced through the redistribution of wealth by men who call themselves [[Benefactors]] but exercise authority produces a different result. By its nature a system of [[Free Assemblies]]  seems to ''strengthen the poor''.<Ref>Ezekiel 16:49  Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
: Leviticus 25:35  And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 36  Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37  Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38  I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.</Ref>
 
In [[Micah 3]]:3 the [[Bible]] talks about 3  Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.<Ref>: Micah 3:1  And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know judgment?
: 2  Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
: 3  Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
: 4  Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
: 5  Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
: 6  Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. {that … : vision: Heb. from a vision } {that … : divine: Heb. from divining }
: 7  Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
: 8  But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.</Ref> because the people "Who hate the good, and love the evil". This is again a metaphor of the [[ Civil Government|civil system]] which allows the people to take a bite out of one another through the [[Exercises authority|exercising authority]] of a systems that takes by force from one class of citizen to feed another.
 
This is nothing but the conflict between [[Charitable Practices]] and [[Pure Religion]] verses [[Covetous Practices]] and [[Public religion]] which what was wrong with the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] and at the root of the [[Christian conflict]] with [[Rome]] and its [[Temples]].
 
[[His Church|Christ's appointed Church]] took from some to feed others but that giving and taking was a free society because it was based on [[charity]] as [[John the Baptist]] and Jesus taught. This was no different than the [[freewill offerings]] of Moses's [[Republic]] or Abraham's [[Altars]].
 
The Church took from one class of citizen and gave to another too:
 
In about AD 150, Justin Martyr, hoping to clear the misconceptions and prejudices surrounding Christianity, wrote the Emperor of [[Rome]] Antoninus Pius in defense of the Christian faith and allegiance to Christ which was the [[Liturgy]] of the [[His Church]]:
: “And the wealthy among us help the needy ... and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.” (Ch. 65-67)
 
Justin would not trade his faith in Christ for the benefits of Rome because he knew that what they offered for his welfare was truly a snare of recompense.
 
: "And those who have among us help the needy; and we always keep together; and for all things wherewith we are supplied, we bless the Maker of all through His Son Jesus Christ, and through the Holy Ghost." Chapter LXVII.—Weekly worship of the Christians. The Apostolic author Justin Martyr.
 
== The City is the caldron ==
 
Ezekiel 11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
 
2  Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
 
3  Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: '''this city is the caldron''', and we be the flesh. {It is … : or, It is not for us to build houses near }
 
4  Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
 
5  And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
 
6  Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
 
7  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and '''this city is the caldron''': but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
 
8  Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
 
9  And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
 
10  Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.


11  '''This city shall not be your caldron''', neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
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12  And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. {for ye … : or, which have not walked }
We should never develop an [[appetite]] to eat at the [[table]] of [[rulers]] ''who [[exercise authority]] one over the other''<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref> because that practice is clearly [[covet]]ous and therefore [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>


13  And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
Since, those rulers only takes from our neighbors' goods which is one of those deeds of the [[Nicolaitan]] and the error<Ref name="Errorbn">{{Errorbn}}</Ref> of [[Balaam]] that God hates and Jesus told us [[Benefactors|to not be that way.]]


Zechariah 14:20  In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots <05518> in the LORD’S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. {bells: or, bridles }
If we find ourself [[entangled]] again in the [[snare]] of the [[wicked]] we can put a [[knife]] to our own throat as we [[repent]] and [[seek]] [[the way]] of [[righteousness]].
Zechariah 14:21  Yea, every pot <05518> in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.


== Bite one another ==
From the earliest times the power and possession of tyrants have enticed the people with gifts and gratuities. [[Cain]], [[Nimrod]], [[Pharaoh]] and [[Herod]]. Historians like [[Polybius]], philosophers like [[Plutarch]], all the [[prophets]] and [[Apostles]] have been issuing their [[warnings]] the people of [[covet]]ing their benefits of rulers.


If you read way back in Micah they were talking about those who "hate the good, and love the evil". They even supposedly "pluck off their skin", "their flesh from off their bones" and "eat the flesh of my people". <Ref>Micah 3:1  And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 2  Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3  Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.</Ref> They do this and put them in a ''caldron''.


Is the [[Bible]] talking about cannibals?
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Shall they [[Go and cry]] unto the Lord? It goes on to say that God will not hear them when they do cry out. Why?<Ref>Micah 3:4  Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.</Ref>  
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| [[Proverbs 23]]:1  When thou sittest to eat with [[Benefactors|a ruler]], consider diligently what [is] before thee:
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| 2  And '''put a [[knife]] to thy throat''', if thou be a man given to [[appetite]].
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| 3  Be not desirous of his dainties: '''for they are deceitful meat'''.<Ref>These "deceitful meats" provide at the [[tables]] of rulers are a metaphor for the [[welfare]] that was a [[snare]]  spoken of in the [[Bible]] by David and Paul. The ''gifts, gratuities and [[benefits]]'' we were warned about by [[Plutarch]] who said that benefaction from rulers would ''ruin the people'' and ''destroy liberty''.</Ref>
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| 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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| 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.
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| 6  '''[[Bread and circuses|Eat thou not the bread]]''' of him that hath an [[Idolatry|evil eye]], neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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| 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.<Ref>These [[dainties]] are [[Instrumentum regni]]  of rulers.</Ref>
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| 8  The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
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| 9  '''Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words''' but the [[fool]] will not [[hear]].
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| 10  Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the [[Fathers|fields of the fatherless]]:<Ref> The Fatherless are those who make the state their [[Fathers]] and Christ did warn us of the same concerning the [[Fathers]] of the earth.</Ref>
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They talk about people biting one another<Ref>Micah 3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.</Ref> and goes on to tell you that you wont be able to see clearly like when Christ warned the Pharisees that he would take sight from them.<Ref>Micah 3:6  Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.</Ref>
Both David and Paul warned<Ref name="pdtable">[[Psalms 69]]:22 "Let their [[table]] <[[07979]]> become a [[snare]] before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] [[welfare]], [let it become] a trap."
:  [[Romans 11]]:9  "And David saith, Let their [[table]]<[[5132]]> be made a [[snare]], and a trap, and a [[stumblingblock]], and a recompence unto them:"</Ref> us that those [[table]]s, which were [[welfare]] systems of [[legal charity]] like the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] are a [[snare]] because, as Peter said such [[covetous practices]] makes the people [[merchandise]] and will [[curse children]].


Those who should warn you will fail to do so and God will raise new shepherds who will warn those who will hear.<Ref>Micah 3:7  Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Having a desire for the [[dainties]], [[benefits]], and [[welfare]] of these rulers who call themselves [[benefactors]] is having an [[appetite]] for what the Bible calls the [[wages of unrighteousness]].
8  But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.</Ref>


Again in Habakkuk we see reference to this idea of biting one another and you shall be booty which is to say a spoil or [[Surety|surety]] or even [[Merchandise]].<Ref>Habakkuk 2:6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7  Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?</Ref> This will come about because you have done the same to many nations<Ref>Habakkuk 2:8  Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.</Ref>
The [[modern Church]] tells the people in their own wisdom<Ref>[[Proverbs 3]]:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
: [[Proverbs 12]]:15  The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
: [[Isaiah 5]]:21  Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!</Ref> that is okay to desire that [[welfare]] provided by the [[unrighteous mammon]] but Jesus said it is not to be [[The Way|that way]] with us.


This is in accord with as you judge so shall ye be judged and sow the wind reap the whirlwind<Ref>Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.</Ref> precept of the [[Bible]].
Verse 6 of [[Proverbs 23]] tells us not to eat the [[free bread|bread]] nor even desire those [[benefits]] that are sweat in the mouth but sour in the belly of those who [[covet]] their neighbor's goods through deceit. That sourness will ''cause us to vomit it up''.
And this warning of woe is also related to covetousness<Ref>Habakkuk 2:9  Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10  Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11  For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.</Ref>


And then warns again that if you build a city or government that takes the blood of your neighbor through [[Covetous|covetousness]] that you are workers of iniquity.<Ref>Habakkuk 2:12  Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!</Ref>
We should not listen to the [[modern Church]] and its [[false religion]] nor eat the feast<Ref>[[Amos 5]]:21, [[Amos 8]]:10, [[Nahum 1]]:15.</Ref> provided by those [[covetous practices]]. People today have need of the "[[baptism]] of [[repentance]]" if they desire the "[[remission]] of [[sin]]".


Even in the New Testament we see this idea that we are called to liberty which requires love but if we bite one another that we will also be devoured.<Ref>Galatians 5:13  For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
It was the [[freewill offerings]] and the [[charity]] of [[Israel]], the [[early Church]] and America in the beginning which made the people strong, not the [[legal charity]] of [[socialism]].
14  For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15  But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18  But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.</Ref>

Latest revision as of 11:47, 24 September 2024

The dainties of rulers, like the tables that were supposed to be for their welfare was a snare and trap.[1] As covetous practices[2] they are the idolatry[3] that makes us merchandise and curse children to say nothing of returning the masses to the Bondage of Egypt.


Knife to thy throat


We should never develop an appetite to eat at the table of rulers who exercise authority one over the other[4] because that practice is clearly covetous and therefore idolatry.[3]

Since, those rulers only takes from our neighbors' goods which is one of those deeds of the Nicolaitan and the error[5] of Balaam that God hates and Jesus told us to not be that way.

If we find ourself entangled again in the snare of the wicked we can put a knife to our own throat as we repent and seek the way of righteousness.

From the earliest times the power and possession of tyrants have enticed the people with gifts and gratuities. Cain, Nimrod, Pharaoh and Herod. Historians like Polybius, philosophers like Plutarch, all the prophets and Apostles have been issuing their warnings the people of coveting their benefits of rulers.


Comments
Proverbs 23:1 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.[6]
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own 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.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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.[7]
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 but the fool will not hear.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:[8]

Both David and Paul warned[9] us that those tables, which were welfare systems of legal charity like the Corban of the Pharisees are a snare because, as Peter said such covetous practices makes the people merchandise and will curse children.

Having a desire for the dainties, benefits, and welfare of these rulers who call themselves benefactors is having an appetite for what the Bible calls the wages of unrighteousness.

The modern Church tells the people in their own wisdom[10] that is okay to desire that welfare provided by the unrighteous mammon but Jesus said it is not to be that way with us.

Verse 6 of Proverbs 23 tells us not to eat the bread nor even desire those benefits that are sweat in the mouth but sour in the belly of those who covet their neighbor's goods through deceit. That sourness will cause us to vomit it up.

We should not listen to the modern Church and its false religion nor eat the feast[11] provided by those covetous practices. People today have need of the "baptism of repentance" if they desire the "remission of sin".

It was the freewill offerings and the charity of Israel, the early Church and America in the beginning which made the people strong, not the legal charity of socialism.

  1. Table as a snare
    Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”
    Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
    Proverbs 23:1 "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."
    Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."
    Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"
    Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."
    Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"
    Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
    Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not
    Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
    1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
  2. Jesus against covetousness
    Mark 7:9 "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." See Corban.
    Mark 7:20 "And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
    Luke 12:15 "And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
    Luke 16:14 "And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."
    Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
    Matthew 19:17 "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
    John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."
    John 14:21 "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."
    John 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love."
  3. 3.0 3.1 Covetousness is idolatry
    Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
    Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
    1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
  4. Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  5. The way of error
    2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
    Jude 1:11 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These are spots(not "unspotted" like Pure Religion) in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;"
    Revelation 2:14-17 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication ("to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry"). 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]."
    Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."
  6. These "deceitful meats" provide at the tables of rulers are a metaphor for the welfare that was a snare spoken of in the Bible by David and Paul. The gifts, gratuities and benefits we were warned about by Plutarch who said that benefaction from rulers would ruin the people and destroy liberty.
  7. These dainties are Instrumentum regni of rulers.
  8. The Fatherless are those who make the state their Fathers and Christ did warn us of the same concerning the Fathers of the earth.
  9. Psalms 69:22 "Let their table <07979> become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap."
    Romans 11:9 "And David saith, Let their table<5132> be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:"
  10. Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
    Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
    Isaiah 5:21 Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
  11. Amos 5:21, Amos 8:10, Nahum 1:15.