Proverbs 23:7
For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
6Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate.
8The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:23Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.
Matthew 9:3And beholde, certayne of the Scribes sayde, within them selues: This man blasphemeth.
Luke 11:37And as he spake, a certaine pharisee besought hym to dyne with hym: and Iesus went in, & sate downe to meate.
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 →