Proverbs 23:7

American Standard Version (1901)

For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

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  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
  • Judg 16:15 : 15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
  • Luke 11:37-54 : 37 Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 40 Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also? 41 But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you. 42 But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43 Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces. 44 Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not. 45 And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also. 46 And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs] . 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute; 50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 53 And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things; 54 laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
  • Luke 7:39 : 39 Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.
  • Prov 19:22 : 22 That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
  • Dan 11:27 : 27 And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
  • Matt 9:3-4 : 3 And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

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  • Prov 13:2
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    2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.

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  • Prov 26:25
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    25When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

  • Prov 27:19
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    19As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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  • Matt 15:17-18
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    17Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

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    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

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    19because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.

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    7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

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    21for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.

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    20A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

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