Proverbs 23:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

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    6¶ Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

    7For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.

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    16¶ Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

    17¶ Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.

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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;

    13[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

    14[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.

    15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

    16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

  • 4Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.

  • 14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

  • 17¶ Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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    2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.

    3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.

  • 12¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

  • 2¶ A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.

  • 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • 7¶ The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • 3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

  • 8For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].

  • 17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

  • 8¶ The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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

    21¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

  • 24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • 2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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    5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • 8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

  • 7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

  • 17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

  • 11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

  • 17‹Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?›

  • 13¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:

  • 18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  • 38And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

  • 13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?

  • 3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

  • 28That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.

  • 28¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • 6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

  • 23¶ [When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.

  • 31¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

  • 17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

  • 23That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

  • 6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • 11¶ As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

  • 22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men.