Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
KJV
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,.... A sordid covetous man, that grudges every bit that is eaten, in opposition to a man of a good eye, or a bountiful one, that is liberal and generous,
Pro 22:9
; if he invites to a meal, do not accept of it, sit not down at his table to eat with him:
neither desire thou his dainty meats; or savoury food, so as to lust after it; See Gill on
Pro 23:3
.
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