Proverbs 23:6 - Exposition

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye; the envious and jealous man, in contrast to the "good of eye" ( Proverbs 22:9 ). Vulgate, Ne comedas cum heroine invido. Septuagint, ἀνδρὶ βασκάνῳ , the man who has the evil eye that fascinates, which, however, is a later idea; here the notion is rather of a grudging, sordid temper, that cannot bear the sight of others' happiness or prosperity (comp. Deuteronomy 15:9 ; Matthew 20:15 ). Ecclesiasticus 16:8, πονηρὸς ὁ βασκαίνων ὀφθαλμῳ , "The envious man hath an evil eye; he turneth away his face, and he is one who despiseth men." Dainty meats; as in verse 3. The word ( matammoth ) occurs also throughout Genesis 27:1-46 ; where it is rendered, "savoury meat." Talmud, "To ask a favour from a miser is as if you asked wisdom from a woman, modesty from a harlot, fish on the dry land."