Proverbs 23:3

New English Translation

Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

Cross References

Psalm 141:4

Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

Daniel 1:5

So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time 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 royal delicacies or the royal wine. He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.

Luke 21:34

“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,