Proverbs 23:1-3-12 The Message (MSG)

1-3. When you go out to dinner with an influential person,mind your manners:Don’t gobble your food,don’t talk with your mouth full.And don’t stuff yourself;bridle your appetite.

9. Don’t bother talking sense to fools;they’ll only poke fun at your words.

10-11. Don’t stealthily move back the boundary linesor cheat orphans out of their property,For they have a powerful Advocatewho will go to bat for them.

12. Give yourselves to disciplined instruction;open your ears to tested knowledge.

Proverbs 23