Proverbs 23:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Eat not the bread of him who has a hard, grudging, and envious eye, neither desire his dainty foods;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

Common English Bible

⁶ Don’t eat food with stingy people; don’t long for their delicacies,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

Proverbs 23:6 Cross References

Psalm 141:4

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To be occupied in deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

Proverbs 22:9

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 23:3

Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful meat.

Proverbs 28:22

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Mark 7:22

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there be not a base thought in thine heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Deuteronomy 28:56

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter;