Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.

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Do not crave his delicacies,(A)
    for that food is deceptive.

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Do not eat the bread of (A)a[a] miser,
Nor desire his delicacies;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit. one who has an evil eye

Saying 9

Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
    do not crave his delicacies;(A)

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Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
(A)And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

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Do not let my heart(A) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(B)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(C)

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The Importance of Watching(A)

34 “But (B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with [a]carousing, drunkenness, and (C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:34 dissipation

34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap.

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But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself (A)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.

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But Daniel resolved not to defile(A) himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.

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22 that you (A)put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

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22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off(A) your old self,(B) which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;(C)

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