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Proverbs 23:6
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Proverbs 23:6
6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
6Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euill eye, neither desire thou his dainty meates.
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Proverbs 23:6
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Choice, delicate, pleasant, or highly desired, especially of food or other desirable things.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
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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.
9Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
10And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
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Open the full verse study9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
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Open the full verse study15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
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Open the full verse study56The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
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Open the full verse study9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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Open the full verse study22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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Open the full verse study22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
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