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Proverbs 23:6

Don’t eat with people who are stingy;

don’t desire their delicacies.

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Proverbs 23:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,

do not crave his delicacies;

Proverbs 23:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;

do not desire his delicacies,

Proverbs 23:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,

Neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Proverbs 23:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Do not eat the bread of a miser,

Nor desire his delicacies;

Proverbs 23:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Don’t eat the food of selfish people;

don’t be greedy for their fine foods.

Proverbs 23:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,

Neither desire thou his dainties:

Proverbs 23:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

Proverbs 23:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Do not eat the food of one who is stingy, 

and do not crave his delicacies. 

Proverbs 23:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,

and don’t desire his choice food,

Proverbs 23:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Do not eat the bread of the stingy;

do not desire their delicacies;

Proverbs 23:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Do not eat the bread of the stingy,

and do not desire his delicacies.

Proverbs 23:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Don’t eat the food of anyone who won’t share it.

Don’t long for his fancy food.

Proverbs 23:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,

Or desire his delicacies;


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