Proverbs 23:6
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
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- Psalm 141:4 Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
- Proverbs 23:3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- Daniel 1:8–10 But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself. Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official, but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”