This is a different danger from that in Proverbs 23:1. The hazard here is the hospitality of the purse-proud rich, avaricious or grudging even in h…

Him that has an evil eye—A sordid, grudging temper.

Eat you not the bread of [him that has] an evil eye A sordid covetous man, that grudges every bit that is eaten, in oppos…

Do not be among those who desire to be rich. The things of this world are not happiness and a portion for a soul; those who hold them ever so firml…