for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 23:7 in context
Proverbs 23:4–10
4
Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
5
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
and don’t crave his delicacies,
7
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for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
8
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten
and waste your pleasant words.
9
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
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