Proverbs 23:6

6 Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.

Proverbs 23:6 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:6

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, ( Proverbs 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 Proverbs 23:3).

Proverbs 23:6 In-Context

4 Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

5 Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens.

6 Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.

7 For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.

8 Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "stingy of eye"