Proverbs 23:8

The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words.

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In The King James Version

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

In Context

7For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.

9Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:16You have discovered honey; eat what is sufficient for you, lest perhaps, being filled up, you may vomit it.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:7-9

6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. Those that are voluptuous and given to appetite ( v. 2 ) are glad to be where there is good cheer stirring, and those that are covetous and saving, that they may spare at home, will be glad to get a dinner at another man's table; and… Read the whole commentary →

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