Proverbs 23:3
Have no desire to his delicacies, seeing it [is] lying food.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
In Context
2And you have put a knife to your throat, || If you [are] a man of appetite.
Cross References
Psalms 141:4Do not incline my heart to an evil thing, || To habitually do actions in wickedness, || Working iniquity with men, || Indeed, I do not eat of their pleasant things.
Daniel 1:8And Daniel purposes in his heart that he will not defile himself with the king’s portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeks of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not defile himself.
Ephesians 4:22concerning the former behavior you are to put off the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the 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 →