Proverbs 23:3 · KJV
“Be not desirous of his dainties: for they {are} deceitful meat.”
— Proverbs 23:3
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou {be} a man given to appetite.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 23 — Context
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what {is} before thee:
2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou {be} a man given to appetite.
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they {are} deceitful meat.
4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for {riches} certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. {set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}
Cross References
Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of {him that hath} an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Psalms 141:4
Incline not my heart to {any} evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and {so} that day come upon you unawares.
Ephesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Daniel 1:8
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.