Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Desire
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Proverbs 22:9
The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
Deuteronomy 15:9
Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near is the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,
Matthew 20:15
is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
Mark 7:22
thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;
Desire
Proverbs 23:3
Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.
Psalm 141:4
Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
Daniel 1:8
And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.
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Proverbs 23:3
Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.