6Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:


In Context

3 Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.

4 Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

6 Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

7 Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

8 The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.

Proverbs 23:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats: