Proverbs 23:6
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6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy;
do not desire their delicacies,(A)
Psalm 141:4
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4 Do not turn my heart to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity;
do not let me eat of their delicacies.(A)
Proverbs 23:3
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- 23.3 Heb his
Deuteronomy 15:9
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9 Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought, thinking, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor[a] might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.(A)
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- 15.9 Heb he
Daniel 1:8-10
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8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the royal rations of food and wine, so he asked the palace master to allow him not to defile himself.(A) 9 Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion from the palace master.(B) 10 The palace master said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king; he has appointed your food and your drink. If he should see you in poorer condition than the other young men of your age, you would endanger my head with the king.”
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Proverbs 22:9
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9 Those who are generous are blessed,
for they share their bread with the poor.(A)
Mark 7:22
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22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly.
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Matthew 20:15
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15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’[a](A)
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- 20.15 Gk is your eye evil because I am good?
Proverbs 28:22
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22 The miser is in a hurry to get rich
and does not know that loss is sure to come.
Deuteronomy 28:56
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56 She who is the most refined and gentle among you, so gentle and refined that she does not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge food to the husband whom she embraces, to her own son, and to her own daughter,(A)
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