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Proverbs 23:3
Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Proverbs 23:3 · World English Bible
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Proverbs 23:3 in other translations
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.
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In context
1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
2 put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
3 Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
4 Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6 Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
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