KJV King James Version
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
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Proverbs 23:3
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
WEB World English Bible
Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
ASV American Standard Version
Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.
Surrounding context — 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.
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:
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Proverbs 23:6Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:Luke 21:34And 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.Psalm 141:4Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.Ephesians 4:22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
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