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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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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 23:6• 6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: (Prov. 23:6)
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Psa. 141:4• 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. (Psa. 141:4)
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Dan. 1:8• 8But 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. (Dan. 1:8)
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Luke 21:34• 34And 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. (Luke 21:34)
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Eph. 4:22• 22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt 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.