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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be not desirous
'avah (Hebrew #183)
to wish for
KJV usage: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Pronounce: aw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
of his dainties
mat`am (Hebrew #4303)
from 2938; a delicacy
KJV usage: dainty (meat), savoury meat.
Pronounce: mat-am'
Origin: or (feminine) matiammah {mat-am-maw'}
: for they are deceitful
kazab (Hebrew #3577)
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Pronounce: kaw-zawb'
Origin: from 3576
meat
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 23:6• 6Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties. (Prov. 23:6)
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Psa. 141:4• 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. (Psa. 141:4)
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Dan. 1:8• 8And Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not pollute himself with the king's delicate food, nor with the wine which he drank; and he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not have to pollute himself. (Dan. 1:8)
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Luke 21:34• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares; (Luke 21:34)
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Eph. 4:22• 22namely your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts; (Eph. 4:22)
• Daniel and the Hebrew children manifested a commendable spirit when honored with the king’s dainties. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.