Proverbs 23:3 (BSB)

Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

From Proverbs 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 23:3

• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 23:3: Be not desirous of his dainties,.... His savoury food, which is very grateful to the taste, his rich provisions and royal dainties; do not lust after them, as the word (s) signifies, in an immoderate way, as the Israelites lusted after the fleshpots in Egypt: these may be lawfully desired, but not sinfully lusted after; and in feeding on them nature may be satisfied, and...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 23:3: are deceitful meat--though well tasted, injurious.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 23:3: Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful food. (c) For often the rich when they bid their inferiors to their tables, it is not for the love they bear them, but for their own secret purposes.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 23:1-3: Pro 23:1-3 Pro 22:29, which speaks of a high position near the king, is appropriately followed by a hexastich referring to the slipperiness of the smooth ground of the king’s court. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well whom thou hast before thee. 2 And put thy knife to thy throat If thou art a man of good appetite.