Proverbs 23:3
1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- KJV
- Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
- WEB
- Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
- ASV
- Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
- DARBY
- Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
- BLB
- You should not mark out his delicacies, for it is bread of lies.
- ÅB
- Vær ikke lysten etter hans fine retter, for det er mat som kan svike!
- OTB
- Ønsk deg ikke hans delikatesser, for den maten er bedragersk.
- B1930
- Vær ikke lysten efter hans fine retter, for det er mat som kan svike!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 23:6
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
Read in contextPsalms 141:4
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
Read in contextLuke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in contextEphesians 4:22
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Read in contextDaniel 1:8
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
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