Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Eat not the bread of him that is stingy, neither desire you his delicacies:
New American Standard Bible
Or desire his delicacies;
King James Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Holman Bible
and don’t desire his choice food,
International Standard Version
Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies,
American Standard Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
Amplified
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
Bible in Basic English
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
Darby Translation
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not eat the bread of an evil eye, and ye shall not long for its dainties:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.
Modern King James verseion
Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his dainty foods;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Eat not thou with the envious, and desire not his meat,
NET Bible
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
New Heart English Bible
Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
The Emphasized Bible
Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
Webster
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
World English Bible
Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
Youngs Literal Translation
Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
5 Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 6 Eat not the bread of him that is stingy, neither desire you his delicacies: 7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you.
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Cross References
Psalm 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their delicacies.
Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries unto the LORD against you, and it be sin in you.
Proverbs 23:3
Be not desirous of his delicacies: for they are deceitful food.
Deuteronomy 28:56
The gentle and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground because of her gentleness and refinement, her eye shall show no compassion toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Proverbs 22:9
He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 28:22
He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.
Daniel 1:8-10
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
Mark 7:22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: