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Proverbs 23:6
Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
Proverbs 23:6 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 23:6 in other translations
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
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In context
3 Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.
4 Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.
5 Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.
6 Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
7 For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.
8 Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.
9 Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
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