Proverbs 23:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

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  • Prov 23:6 : 6 Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with those who do iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.
  • Dan 1:8 : 8 But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the wine he drank; therefore he requested of the chief 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 burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

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    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

    5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

    7For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

    8The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.

  • Prov 23:1-2
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    1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

    2And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

  • Prov 20:17
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    17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Ps 141:4
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    4Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with those who do iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.

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    20Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat:

  • Prov 30:8-9
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    8Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

    9Lest I be full and deny You, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Prov 9:17
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    17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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    30They were not estranged from their desire. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

  • Prov 6:25-26
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    25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.

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  • Job 33:20
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    20So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

  • Deut 12:25
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    25You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

  • Isa 55:2
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    2Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

  • Prov 25:16-17
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    16Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, lest you be filled with it and vomit.

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    21To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

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  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • Prov 3:31
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  • Prov 21:6
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    6The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

  • Rom 16:18
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  • Prov 21:25-26
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    23Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.

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    18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their desire.

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    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.