Proverbs 23:6

New International Reader's Version

Don’t eat the food of anyone who doesn’t want to share it. Don’t long for his fancy food.

Cross References

Psalm 141:4

Don’t let my heart be drawn to what is evil. Don’t let me join with people who do evil. Don’t let me eat their fancy food.

Proverbs 22:9

Those who give freely will be blessed. That’s because they share their food with those who are poor.

Proverbs 23:3

Don’t long for his fancy food. It can fool you.

Proverbs 28:22

Those who won’t share what they have want to get rich. They don’t know they are going to be poor.

Matthew 20:15

Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Do you feel cheated because I gave so freely to the others?’

Mark 7:22

Adultery, greed, hate and cheating come from a person’s heart too. So do desires that are not pure, and wanting what belongs to others. And so do telling lies about others and being proud and being foolish.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful not to have an evil thought in your mind. Don’t say to yourself, “The seventh year will soon be here. It’s the year for forgiving people what they owe.” If you think like that, you might treat the needy people among you badly. You might not give them anything. Then they might make their appeal to the Lord against you. And he will find you guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 28:56

There may be a gentle and caring woman among you. She wouldn’t even touch the ground with her feet without first putting her sandals on. But she will not share anything with the husband she loves. She won’t share with her own children either.