Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:3 · retained source text
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitfull meate.
KJV dictionary & concordance
deceitful
Meaning of “deceitful”
False or misleading, and therefore untrustworthy.
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21 occurrences21 verses8 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Psalms 5:6
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Every verse containing “deceitful”
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 27:6 · retained source text
Faithfull are the woundes of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are deceitfull.
1611 marginal noteOr, earnest, or frequent.
1611 marginal notePsal.141.5
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 29:13 · retained source text
The poore and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightneth both their eyes.
1611 marginal noteOr, the vsurer.
1611 marginal noteCha.22.2.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 31:30 · retained source text
Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vaine: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shalbe praised.
¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:9 · retained source text
¶ The heart is deceitfull aboue all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 7:16 · retained source text
They returne, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitfull bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
1611 marginal notePsal.73.9.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 6:11 · retained source text
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitfull weights?
1611 marginal noteOr, shall I be pure with, &c.
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 6:12 · retained source text
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:13 · retained source text
The remnant of Israel shall not doe iniquitie, nor speake lies: neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feede, and lie downe, and none shall make them afraid.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 11:13 · retained source text
For such are false Apostles, deceitfull workers, transforming themselues into the Apostles of Christ.
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Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗1. Tending to mislead, deceive or ensnare; as deceitful words; deceitful practices. Favor is deceitful Proverbs 31:30. 2. Full of deceit; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; as a deceitful man.