Proverbs 23:7
because he will be thinking about how much the food cost that you are eating. He will say to you, “Eat and drink all that you want!”, but that is not what he will really be thinking.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
6If someone who is stingy invites you to a meal, do not eat a lot of his fine food,
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:26Then Absalom said, “If you will not go, please allow my half-brother Amnon to go with us.” But the king replied, “Why do you want him to go with you?”
Psalms 55:21What he said was easy to listen to, like butter is easy to swallow [MET], but in his inner being he hated people; his words were soothing like olive oil, but they hurt people like sharp swords do [MET].
Proverbs 26:23People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a cheap clay pot.
Matthew 9:3Some of the men who taught the Jewish laws said among themselves, “ He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God He is insulting God!”
Luke 11:37While Jesus finished saying those things, a Pharisee invited him to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to his house and ate with him.
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 →