Proverbs 23:3

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dainties ... deceitful meat - Such as “savory meat,” venison Genesis 27:4 , offered not from genuine hospitality, but with some by-ends.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Be not desirous of his dainties: (c) for they [are] deceitful food. (c) For often the rich when they bid their inferiors to their tables, it is not...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dainties . dainty meals. deceitful meat . meat that deceives. Hebrew. kazah. See note on Proverbs 11:18 .
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, &c.— There are two evils to be avoided at the tables of the great: the one is, too much talking; the oth...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat. Intimacy with an...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

He invites you for his own purposes.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deceitful meat. — Not offered out of friendship and love to thee; for an unguarded word spoken in the insecurity of the festive hour might bring ru...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from i...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be not desirous of his dainties ,.... His savoury food, which is very grateful to the taste, his rich provisions and royal dainties; do not lust aft...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat. Ver. 3. Be not desirous of his dainties. ] It is a shame for a saint to be a slave...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler When thou art invited to the table of a great man; consider diligently what is before thee What things, wha...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man giv...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either because they do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them, but rather load thee with ill humours, and the seeds of di...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest, etc. Miller here translates “ Forasmuch as thou sittest ,” and applying the word ruler to G...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Moderation This virtue the people of God ought to practise in everything. They s...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 3. Be not desirous of his dainties, craving the finest food on the table; for they are deceitful meat, literally, "bread of deception," it is...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 1:8 ; Ephesians 4:22 ; Luke 21:34 ; Proverbs 23:6 ; Psalms 141:4
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deceitful — They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them.

³ Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 23:3