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Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
Proverbs 23:6 · Webster 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 dainties: for they [are] deceitful food.
4 Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.
6 Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
8 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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