Proverbs 23:6–8
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Saying 9
6Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
do not crave his delicacies;z
7for he is the kind of person
who is always thinking about the cost.b
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
8You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments.
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- bOr for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies,
for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,
and don’t desire his choice food,
for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit the little you’ve eaten
and waste your pleasant words.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
They are always thinking about how much it costs.
“Eat and drink,” they say, but they don’t mean it.
You will throw up what little you’ve eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Do not eat the bread of the stingy,
and do not desire his delicacies.
For, like hair in his throat, so it is.
“Eat and drink!” he will say to you,
but his heart will not be with you.
Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up,
and you will waste your pleasant words.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
Neither desire thou his dainty meats:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
Eat and drink, saith he to thee;
But his heart is not with thee.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
And lose thy sweet words.
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