OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 3

Proverbs 23:3

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Don’t be desirous of his dainties,

since they are deceitful food.

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Proverbs 23:1–6

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
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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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