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Proverbs 23:6

WEB

6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,

KJV

6Eat[+] thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

BSB

6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man,[+] and do not crave his delicacies;

FBV

6Don't accept meal invitations from miserly people; don't be greedy for their fancy food,

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Proverbs 23:3

3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.


Psalms 141:4

4Don’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.


Daniel 1:8-10

8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs. 10The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? Then you would endanger my head with the king.”


Deuteronomy 15:9

9Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.


Matthew 20:15

15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’


Deuteronomy 28:56

56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye will be evil toward the husband that she loves, toward her son, toward her daughter,


Proverbs 28:22

22A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.


Proverbs 22:9

9He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.


Mark 7:22

22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.