Proverbs 23:3
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
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ASV
Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
KJV
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
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Daniel 1:8But 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.
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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.
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Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
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Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
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We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
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Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
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but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
There is no limit to epicurism among men. For it has driven them to sweetmeats, and honey-cakes, and sugar-plums; inventing a multitude of desserts, hunting after all manner of dishes. A man like this seems to me to be all jaw, and nothing else. "Desire not," says the Scripture, "rich men's dainties;" for they belong to a false and base life. They partake of luxurious dishes, which a little after go to the dunghill.
Dainties ... deceitful meat - Such as “savory meat,” venison Gen 27:4, offered not from genuine hospitality, but with some by-ends.