Proverbs 23:3
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Read in contextPsalms 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Read in contextLuke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Read in contextEphesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Read in contextDaniel 1:8
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
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