Proverbs 23:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:6 : 6 ¶ Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
  • Dan 1:8 : 8 ¶ But 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.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 ‹And 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.›
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

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