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Proverbs 23:6

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6hEat thou not the bread of him that hath ian evil eye,

cNeither desire thou his cddainty meats:

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Cross references

  1. hSo Ps. 141. 4.
  2. ich. 28. 22. So Ecclus. 14. 10. See Deut. 15. 9. & Matt. 6. 23. Comp. ch. 22. 9 marg.
  3. cver. 6 (Heb.).
  4. cver. 6 (Heb.).
  5. dSo Gen. 27. 4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 31 in the Heb.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

do not desire his delicacies,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,

do not crave his delicacies;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,

and don’t desire his choice food,

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t eat with people who are stingy;

don’t desire their delicacies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not eat the bread of the stingy,

and do not desire his delicacies.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

Neither desire thou his dainty meats: