Proverbs 23:3

World English Bible (2000)

Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:6 : 6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
  • Dan 1:8 : 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, 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 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

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

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    1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

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

  • Prov 20:17
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    17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

  • Ps 141:4
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  • Prov 23:20
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    20Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

  • Prov 30:8-9
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    8Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

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  • Prov 24:1
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    1Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

  • Prov 9:17
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    17"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

  • Ps 78:30
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  • Prov 6:25-26
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    25Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

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    20So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

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    25You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

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    21To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

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  • Prov 13:25
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  • Prov 3:31
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  • Rom 16:18
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