King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 23:3
“Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 23
1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
3
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.