Proverbs 23:3
New International Version
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

New Living Translation
don’t desire all the delicacies, for he might be trying to trick you.

English Standard Version
Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

King James Bible
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

New King James Version
Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food.

New American Standard Bible
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.

NASB 1995
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.

NASB 1977
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is bread of falsehood.

Amplified Bible
Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].

Christian Standard Bible
don’t desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
don’t desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.

American Standard Version
Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And do not lust for his food because his bread is the bread of lies.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.

Contemporary English Version
Don't be greedy for all of that fancy food! It may not be so tasty.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.

English Revised Version
Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful meat.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do not crave his delicacies, because this is food that deceives you.

Good News Translation
Don't be greedy for the fine food he serves; he may be trying to trick you.

International Standard Version
Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

Literal Standard Version
Have no desire to his delicacies, seeing it [is] lying food.

Majority Standard Bible
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

New American Bible
Do not desire his delicacies; it is food that deceives.

NET Bible
Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not desire the ruler’s delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

New Heart English Bible
Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.

Webster's Bible Translation
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.

World English Bible
Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

Young's Literal Translation
Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.

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Context
True Riches
2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. 3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. 4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.…

Cross References
Psalm 141:4
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

Proverbs 23:6
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

Daniel 1:5
The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king's service.

Daniel 1:8
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.


Treasury of Scripture

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Psalm 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.

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.

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Proverbs 23
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(3) Deceitful meat.--Not offered out of friendship and love to thee; for an unguarded word spoken in the insecurity of the festive hour might bring ruin to thee.

Verse 3. - Be not desirous of his dainties. (For "dainties," see on ver. 6.) Be not too greedy of the bounties of the royal table, so as to forget discretion, and be led to say and do things which are inexpedient or unseemly. For they are deceitful meat. Oftentimes such entertainment is not offered for friendship's sake, but for some sinister purpose - to make a man expose himself, to get at a man's real character or secrets. Far from being a sign of favour and good will, the seeming honour is deceptive and dangerous. We all know Horace's lines, 'Ars Poet.,' 434, etc. -

"Reges dicuntur multi, urgere culullis
Et torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant,
Au sit amicitia dignus."
Hitzig quotes the Eastern proverb, "He who eats of the sultan's soup burns his lips, even though it he after a length of time." We have too the Indian saying, "An epicure digs his grave with his teeth," which is true in more senses than one. "Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill," says Siracides (Ecclus. 9:13); "so shalt thou not be troubled with fear of death: and if thou come unto him, commit no fault, lest he presently take away thy life; remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city." Then for the reasons which induce a ruler to ply a guest with wine, we have, "In vino veritas, quod est in corde sobrii, est in ore ebrii." Theognis writes -

Ἐν πυρὶ μὲν χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον ἴδριες ἄνδρες
Γιγνώσκους ἀνδρὸς δ οϊνος ἔδειξε νόον
Καὶ μάλα περ πινυτοῦ τὸν ὐπέρ μέτρον ἤρατο πίνων
Ωστε καταισχῦναι καὶ πρὶν ἐόντα σοφόν. The Septuagint combines the ending of ver. 2, "But if thou art more insatiable, desire not his victuals, for these appertain to (ἔχεται) a false life."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

crave
תִּ֭תְאָו‪‬‪‬ (tiṯ·’āw)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's 183: To incline, desire

his delicacies,
לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יו (lə·maṭ·‘am·mō·w·ṯāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4303: Tasty or savory food, dainties

for that
וְ֝ה֗וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

food
לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

is deceptive.
כְּזָבִֽים׃ (kə·zā·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing


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