Proverbs 23:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

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  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Judg 16:15 : 15 Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times and have not told me where your great strength lies."
  • Luke 11:37-54 : 37 And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him: and he went in and sat down to eat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness. 40 Fools, did not he who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you. 42 But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every kind of herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 43 Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets. 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them. 45 Then one of the lawyers answered and said to him, Teacher, by saying this you reproach us also. 46 And he said, Woe to you also, lawyers! for you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send 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 to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple: truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered. 53 And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 7:39 : 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who touches him: for she is a sinner.
  • Prov 19:22 : 22 The desire of a man is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.
  • Dan 11:27 : 27 And both these kings' hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end shall be at the appointed time.
  • Matt 9:3-4 : 3 And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes. 4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts?

Similar Verses (AI)

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    8The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.

  • Prov 23:6
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    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

  • Prov 23:1-3
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    74%

    1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

    2And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

    3Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

  • Eccl 7:22
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    22For often your own heart knows that you yourself have cursed others.

  • Isa 10:7
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    7Yet he does not mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off not a few nations.

  • Zech 7:6
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    6And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

  • Prov 26:25
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    25When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

  • Prov 27:19
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    19As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man mirrors man.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Matt 15:17-18
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    70%

    17Do you not yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the waste?

    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart; and they defile a man.

  • Prov 16:1-2
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    70%

    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

    2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

  • Prov 23:19-20
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    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

    20Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat:

  • Mark 7:19-21
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    19Because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, purging all foods?

    20And he said, What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.

    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.

  • Matt 6:21
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    21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Prov 18:20
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    20A man's stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he will be filled with the produce of his lips.

  • Prov 14:14
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    14The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.

  • Jer 17:9
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    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

  • Ezek 33:31
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    31And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.

  • Gal 6:3
    70%

    3For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • Prov 6:30
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    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;

  • Prov 28:26
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    26He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6And if he comes to see me, he speaks vain things; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes out, he tells it.

  • Luke 12:34
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    34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Deut 29:19
    69%

    19And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:

  • Prov 15:14
    69%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 20:14
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    14It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

  • Isa 32:6
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    6For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 25:21
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    21If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

  • Prov 16:9
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    9A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The full soul loathes honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Prov 24:2
    69%

    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Isa 44:20
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    20He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  • Prov 24:12
    69%

    12If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he who ponders the heart consider it? And he who keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?