Proverbs 23:8

for he will vomit it up, and spoil your fair words.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to yourself, nor eat your morsel with him:

9Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at your wise words.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:16Having found honey, eat only what is enough, lest haply you be filled, and vomit it up.

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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