Proverbs 23:1 (BSB)

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

From Proverbs 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 23:1

• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 23:1: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: (a) Eat with sobriety.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 23:1-3: Pro 23:1-3 Pro 22:29, which speaks of a high position near the king, is appropriately followed by a hexastich referring to the slipperiness of the smooth ground of the king’s court. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well whom thou hast before thee. 2 And put thy knife to thy throat If thou art a man of good appetite.