Proverbs 23:3
Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
In Context
2And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
4Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
Cross References
Psalms 141:4Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.
Daniel 1:8And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.
Ephesians 4:22That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:2-4
Cautions against Luxury and Covetousness. 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. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us. 1. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: " When… Read the whole commentary →