Proverbs 23:6
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Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

an

Proverbs 22:9 He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents, shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.

Deuteronomy 15:9 Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.

Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for over much niceness and tenderness, will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh of her son, and of her daughter,

Matthew 20:15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?

Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

desire

Proverbs 23:3 Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.

Psalm 141:4 Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

Daniel 1:8-10 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not be defiled with the king's table, nor with the wine which he drank: and he requested the master of the eunuchs that he might not be defiled. . . .

Context
True Riches
5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven. 6Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:7Because, like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.

Psalm 141:4
Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

Proverbs 23:3
Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.

Proverbs 28:22
A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

eat
תִּלְחַ֗ם (til·ḥam)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

the bread
לֶ֭חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

of a stingy man
רַ֣ע (ra‘)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

[or]
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

crave
תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו (tiṯ·’āw)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 183: To incline, desire

his delicacies,
לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃ (lə·maṭ·‘am·mō·ṯāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4303: Tasty or savory food, dainties


Additional Translations
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man or crave his delicacies,Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats:

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats:

Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:

Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
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