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Don`t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, And don`t crave his delicacies:
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The "Evil Eye" Is a Stingy Heart
Commentators unanimously explain that the "evil eye" in this verse does not refer to a magical curse. Instead, it describes a person with a "sordid, grudging temper" (Ellicott, Gill). This is the stingy, covetous host who resents every bite a guest takes. Albert Barnes clarifies it's a warning against the hospitality of the "purse-proud rich" who are avaricious even in their generosity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Him that has an evil eye—A sordid, grudging temper.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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