KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 23:3–4
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Proverbs 23:3
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitfull meate.
Proverbs 23:4
4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
4*Labour not to bee rich: cease from thine owne wisedome.
- 1.Tim.6.9.10.
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Proverbs 23:3
Wishing for or strongly desiring something.
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Choice, delicate, pleasant, or highly desired, especially of food or other desirable things.
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False, dishonest, misleading, or disposed to deceive.
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Proverbs 23:4
Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To stop moving, acting or speaking; to leave off; to give over; followed by from before a noun.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Sound judgment and the right use of knowledge; skill, discernment, or understanding.
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Open the full verse study6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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Open the full verse study34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
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Open the full verse study4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
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Open the full verse study8¶ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
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Open the full verse study22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
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Open the full verse study5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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Open the full verse study20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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Open the full verse study8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Open the full verse study19¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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Open the full verse study5¶ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
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Open the full verse study27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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Open the full verse study27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
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Open the full verse study16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
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Open the full verse study21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
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Open the full verse study12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Open the full verse study7¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
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Open the full verse study25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
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