Proverbs 23:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
  • Deut 15:9 : 9 `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
  • Prov 23:3 : 3 Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it `is' lying food.
  • Dan 1:8-9 : 8 And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself. 9 And God giveth Daniel for kindness and for mercies before the chief of the eunuchs; 10 and the chief of the eunuchs saith to Daniel, `I am fearing my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink, for why doth he see your faces sadder than `those of' the lads which `are' of your circle? then ye have made my head indebted to the king,'
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
  • Deut 28:56 : 56 `The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:1-5
    5 verses
    83%

    1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which `is' before thee,

    2And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou `art' a man of appetite.

    3Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it `is' lying food.

    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

    5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

  • Prov 28:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

  • Prov 23:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7For as he hath thought in his soul, so `is' he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart `is' not with thee.

    8Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that `are' sweet.

  • Prov 22:9
    76%

    9The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 24:1
    75%

    1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

  • Ps 141:4
    74%

    4Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

  • Deut 12:25
    73%

    25thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Prov 6:30
    72%

    30They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

  • Prov 6:25
    72%

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

  • Deut 15:9
    72%

    9`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

  • Prov 20:13
    72%

    13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.

  • Lev 25:37
    72%

    37thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;

  • Eccl 6:2
    72%

    2A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this `is' vanity, and it `is' an evil disease.

  • Matt 6:23
    71%

    23but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

    19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

  • Prov 21:10
    71%

    10The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.

  • Prov 3:31
    71%

    31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

  • Prov 30:8
    71%

    8Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

  • Prov 21:26
    71%

    26All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

  • Ezek 18:15
    70%

    15On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour he hath not defiled,

  • Lev 22:25
    70%

    25And from the hand of a son of a stranger ye do not bring near the bread of your God, of any of these, for their corruption `is' in them; blemish `is' in them; they are not pleasing for you.'

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.

  • Prov 4:17
    70%

    17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

  • Prov 13:25
    70%

    25The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!

  • Hab 2:9
    70%

    9Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

  • Job 33:20
    70%

    20And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

  • Deut 8:12
    70%

    12lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

  • Prov 23:20
    70%

    20Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,

  • Job 22:7
    70%

    7Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

  • Ezek 24:22
    70%

    22And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

  • Prov 20:17
    70%

    17Sweet to a man `is' the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled `with' gravel.

  • Exod 23:8
    69%

    8`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Ps 73:7
    69%

    7Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

  • Deut 28:54
    69%

    54`The man who is tender in thee, and who `is' very delicate -- his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,

  • Deut 14:3
    69%

    3`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

  • Rom 14:16
    69%

    16Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

  • Matt 6:19
    69%

    19`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

  • Exod 23:3
    69%

    3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

  • Isa 55:2
    69%

    2Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.