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Proverbs 23:8

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 23:8 in other translations

The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up,
and lose your good words.

Proverbs 23:8 · World English Bible

Proverbs 23:8 in context

  1. 6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
  2. 7For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
  3. 8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
  4. 9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
  5. 10Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: