Proverbs 23:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Cross References

Psalm 141:4

Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

Proverbs 22:9

He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 23:3

Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

Proverbs 28:22

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

Matthew 20:15

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

Mark 7:22

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

Deuteronomy 15:9

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

Deuteronomy 28:56

The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;