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Selected Verse: Proverbs 23:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 23:3 |
King James |
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| are deceitful meat--though well tasted, injurious. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Dainties ... deceitful meat - Such as "savory meat," venison Gen 27:4, offered not from genuine hospitality, but with some by-ends. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Deceitful - They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them. |
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.