Proverbs 23:6

A Conservative Version

Eat thou not the bread of an evil eye, nor desire thou his dainties.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:3

Be not desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

Psalm 141:4

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. And let me not eat of their dainties.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there not be a base thought in thy 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 nothing, and he cry to LORD against thee, and it be

Matthew 20:15

Is it not permitted for me to do what I want with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Proverbs 28:22

He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

Proverbs 22:9

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Deuteronomy 28:56

The tender and delicate woman among you, who 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

Mark 7:22

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness.