Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods. "
— Proverbs 23:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:”
“Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties: ”
“Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:”
“Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;”
“Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:”
“Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:”
“Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:”
Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.
Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.
Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.
Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.
For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.
The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words.
Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.