Proverbs 23:6

⁶Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies,

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Proverbs 23 is a collection of sayings that function like a father's urgent counsel to a son navigating a world of temptation. The chapter warns against the seductions of wealth, the intoxication of wine, and the allure of the "easy path" that leads to ruin. It calls for discipli

References· Proverbs 23

a: v.2 — Philippians 3:19, Matthew 18:8-9, 1 Corinthians 9:27
b: v.4 — Hebrews 13:5, Proverbs 28:20, Matthew 6:19, 1 Timothy 6:8-10, Proverbs 3:5, John 6:27, Proverbs 15:27, Romans 12:16, Isaiah 5:21, Proverbs 26:12
c: v.5 — Proverbs 27:24, 1 John 2:16, Matthew 6:19, James 5:1-2, 1 Timothy 6:17, Psalms 119:36-37, Genesis 42:36, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Jeremiah 22:17, Job 1:14-17
d: v.7 — Psalms 12:2, Psalms 55:21, Judges 16:15, Matthew 9:3-4, Luke 11:37-54, Luke 7:39, Daniel 11:27, Proverbs 19:22, 2 Samuel 13:26-28
e: v.9 — Proverbs 9:7-8, Matthew 7:6, Proverbs 26:4-5, Proverbs 1:7, Isaiah 36:21, John 10:20, 1 Corinthians 1:21-24, John 8:52, Acts 13:45-46, Acts 28:25-28
f: v.12 — Proverbs 5:1-2, Proverbs 2:2-6, James 1:21-25, Proverbs 23:19, Ezekiel 33:31, Matthew 13:52, Proverbs 22:17
g: v.13 — Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 29:17
h: v.15 — Proverbs 23:24-25, 2 John 1:4, Zephaniah 3:17, Proverbs 29:3, 3 John 1:3-4, 1 Thessalonians 3:8-9, Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 4:1, John 15:11, 1 John 2:1
i: v.17 — Proverbs 28:14, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Proverbs 15:16, 1 Peter 1:17, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Acts 9:31, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 37:1-3, Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs 24:1
j: v.18 — Hebrews 10:35, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalms 9:18, Philippians 1:20, Proverbs 24:14, Proverbs 24:20, Romans 6:21-22, Psalms 37:37, Luke 16:25
k: v.23 — Proverbs 18:15, Matthew 13:44, Psalms 119:72, Proverbs 16:16, Isaiah 55:1, Philippians 3:7-8, Hebrews 11:26, Proverbs 10:1, Matthew 16:26, Psalms 119:127
l: v.26 — Psalms 119:2, Psalms 119:9-11, Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 10:37-38, Proverbs 4:25-27, Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 3:1, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, Ephesians 3:17, Proverbs 4:4

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