Proverbs 23:3
“Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.”
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Related Verses
“Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:”
“Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:”
“Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.”
“When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:”
“And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.”