31:11 His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.

31:12 If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.

31:13 Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.

31:14 Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.

31:15 Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.

31:16 Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour not, lest thou be hated.

31:17 Leave off first for manners’ sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.

31:18 When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.

31:19 A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.

31:20 Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.