Bible verse
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
Proverbs 23:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 23.
2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
7 for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
KJV
Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
ASV
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
ERV
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
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