Proverbs 23:7
for he is the kind of man who counts the price of the food. 1 “Eat and drink!” he says to you, 1 but his heart is not with you. 1
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6Do not eat the food of one with an evil eye— 1 and do not crave his delicacies, 1
8You will vomit up the little you have eaten 1 and you will have wasted your compliments. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:26Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” So the king said to him, “Why should Amnon go with you?”
Psalms 55:21His mouth was smooth as butter, 1 but his heart was hostile; 1 his words were softer than oil, 1 yet they were actually drawn swords. 1
Proverbs 26:23Like the glaze overlaying an earthen vessel 1 so are burning lips and an evil heart. 1
Matthew 9:3Behold, some of the scribes said among themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
Luke 11:37When he had finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to eat with him at his house, so Jesus went in and reclined.
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 →