Proverbs 23:3
Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 →