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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- 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.
- Deut 15:9 : 9 Beware 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.
- Prov 23:3 : 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
- Dan 1:8-9 : 8 But niel 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. 9 Now God had brought niel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto niel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me ennger my head to the king.
- Prov 22:9 : 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
- Deut 28:56 : 56 The tenr and licate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for licateness and tenrness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
- Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Mark 7:22 : 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- Prov 28:22 : 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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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.
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21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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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.
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9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
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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.
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30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
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25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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9 Beware 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.
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13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor nd him thy victuals for increase.
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2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
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18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
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10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
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31 Envy thou not the opessor, and choose none of his ways.
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8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
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27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
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15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
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25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and bmishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
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17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
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17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
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9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
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20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
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12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
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7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
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16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
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19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
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2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.