Proverbs 23
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Proverbs 23:6-8

61Do not eat the bread of 2a 3selfish man, Or desire his delicacies;7For as he 4thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, “Eat and drink!” But 5his heart is not with you.8You will 6vomit up 7the morsel you have eaten, And waste your 8compliments.

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Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 23:6 Ps 141:4 ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 23:6 Deut 15:9; Prov 28:22 ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 23:7 Prov 26:24, 25 ↩
  6. 6. Proverbs 23:8 Prov 25:16 ↩
  7. 7. Proverbs 23:8 Lit your ↩
  8. 8. Proverbs 23:8 Lit pleasant words ↩

Commentaries on Proverbs 23

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