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Proverbs 23:6

Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Verse in context — Proverbs 23

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.

6

Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

7

For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.

8

The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

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