Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies; New Living Translation Don’t eat with people who are stingy; don’t desire their delicacies. English Standard Version Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies, Berean Standard Bible Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; King James Bible Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: New King James Version Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies; New American Standard Bible Do not eat the bread of a selfish person; Or desire his delicacies; NASB 1995 Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; NASB 1977 Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; Legacy Standard Bible Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, And do not desire his delicacies; Amplified Bible Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; Christian Standard Bible Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, and don’t desire his choice food, Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, and don’t desire his choice food, American Standard Version Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not dine with a gluttonous man and do not lust for his food. Brenton Septuagint Translation Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats: Contemporary English Version Don't accept an invitation to eat a selfish person's food, no matter how good it is. Douay-Rheims Bible Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats: English Revised Version Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties: GOD'S WORD® Translation Do not eat the food of one who is stingy, and do not crave his delicacies. Good News Translation Don't eat at the table of a stingy person or be greedy for the fine food he serves. International Standard Version Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies, JPS Tanakh 1917 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties; Literal Standard Version Do not eat the bread of an evil eye, | And have no desire to his delicacies, Majority Standard Bible Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; New American Bible Do not take food with unwilling hosts, and do not desire their delicacies; NET Bible Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies; New Revised Standard Version Do not eat the bread of the stingy; do not desire their delicacies; New Heart English Bible Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies: Webster's Bible Translation Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties: World English Bible Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies, Young's Literal Translation Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context True Riches…5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. 6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; 7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.… Cross References Deuteronomy 15:9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: "The seventh year, the year of release, is near," so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. Psalm 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. Proverbs 23:3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. Proverbs 28:22 A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him. Treasury of Scripture Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats: an Proverbs 22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, desire Proverbs 23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Psalm 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. Daniel 1:8-10 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… Jump to Previous Bread Crave Dainties Dainty Delicacies Delicate Desire Eat Evil Eye Food Meat Meats Selfish StingyJump to Next Bread Crave Dainties Dainty Delicacies Delicate Desire Eat Evil Eye Food Meat Meats Selfish StingyProverbs 23 1. Consider carefully what is before you(6) Him that hath an evil eye.--A sordid, grudging temper.Verses 6-8. - Another maxim, here a heptastich, concerning temperance. Verse 6. - Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye; the envious and jealous man, in contrast to the "good of eye" (Proverbs 22:9). Vulgate, Ne comedas cum heroine invido. Septuagint, ἀνδρὶ βασκάνῳ, the man who has the evil eye that fascinates, which, however, is a later idea; here the notion is rather of a grudging, sordid temper, that cannot bear the sight of others' happiness or prosperity (comp. Deuteronomy 15:9; Matthew 20:15). Ecclus. 16:8, Πονηρὸς ὁ βασκαίνων ὀφθαλμῳ, "The envious man hath an evil eye; he turneth away his face, and he is one who despiseth men." Dainty meats; as in ver. 3. The word (matammoth) occurs also throughout Genesis 27, where it is rendered, "savoury meat." Talmud, "To ask a favour from a miser is as if you asked wisdom from a woman, modesty from a harlot, fish on the dry land." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not eat תִּלְחַ֗ם (til·ḥam) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle the bread לֶ֭חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain of a stingy man רַ֣ע (ra‘) Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 7451: Bad, evil [or] וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 408: Not crave תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו (tiṯ·’āw) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular Strong's 183: To incline, desire his delicacies, לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃ (lə·maṭ·‘am·mō·ṯāw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4303: Tasty or savory food, dainties Links Proverbs 23:6 NIVProverbs 23:6 NLT Proverbs 23:6 ESV Proverbs 23:6 NASB Proverbs 23:6 KJV Proverbs 23:6 BibleApps.com Proverbs 23:6 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 23:6 Chinese Bible Proverbs 23:6 French Bible Proverbs 23:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:6 Don't eat the food of him who (Prov. 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