Proverbs 23:6

New English Translation

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

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 22:9

A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.

Proverbs 23:3

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

Proverbs 28:22

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

Matthew 20:15

Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.

Deuteronomy 28:56

Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,