3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us. 1. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: “ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler thou has great plenty before thee, varieties and dainties, such a table spread as thou has seldom seen; th…
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