Proverbs 23:8

You vomit up your morsel you have eaten, || And have marred your words that [are] sweet.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7For as he has thought in his soul, so he [is]. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, || And his heart [is] not with you.

9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, || For he treads on the wisdom of your words.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:16You have found honey—eat your sufficiency, || Lest you are satiated [with] it, and have vomited 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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