New King James Version
Proverbs 23:3
3Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food.
Proverbs 23:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
- New Living Translation (NLT)don’t desire all the delicacies, for he might be trying to trick you.
Context of Proverbs 23:3
1When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you; 2And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food. 4Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! 5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:3 word by word
אַל־תִּ֭תְאָיו לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝ה֗וּא לֶ֣חֶם כְּזָבִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:3
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies;
- Psalms 141:4Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice wicked works With men who work iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
- Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
- Luke 21:34“But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.
- Ephesians 4:22that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Dainties deceitful meat - Such as “savory meat,” venison Genesis 27:4, offered not from genuine hospitality, but with some by-ends.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Saying 6: Many proverbs advise young men in government jobs. A ruler's rich food might tempt a newcomer to overeat due to lack of self-control. But he will be at risk when full.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. are deceitful meat--though well tasted, injurious.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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