KJV King James Version
Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
WEB World English Bible
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:
ASV American Standard Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
Surrounding context — Proverbs 23
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:
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.
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Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.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.Daniel 1:8-10But 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.Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?Deuteronomy 28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.Proverbs 28:22He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
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