54 The man who is the most tender and refined among you will (A)begrudge food to his brother, to (B)the wife he embraces,[a] and to the last of the children whom he has left,

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:54 Hebrew the wife of his bosom

54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,

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56 (A)The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces,[a] to her son and to her daughter,

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:56 Hebrew the husband of her bosom

56 The most gentle and sensitive(A) woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter(B)

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(A)Do not eat the bread of a man who is (B)stingy;[a]
    (C)do not desire his delicacies,

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil

Saying 9

Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
    do not crave his delicacies;(A)

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22 A (A)stingy man[a] (B)hastens after wealth
    and does not know that (C)poverty will come upon him.

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  1. Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil

22 The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.(A)

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15 (A)Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or (B)do you begrudge my generosity?’[a]

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  1. Matthew 20:15 Or is your eye bad because I am good?

15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’(A)

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