Proverbs 23:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For as he hath thought in his soul, so `is' he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart `is' not with thee.

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  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.
  • Judg 16:15 : 15 And she saith unto him, `How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power `is'.'
  • Luke 11:37-54 : 37 And in `his' speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat), 38 and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness; 40 unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make? 41 But what ye have give ye `as' alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you. 42 `But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting. 43 `Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places. 44 `Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.' 45 And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;' 46 and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, wo! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens. 47 `Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs; 49 because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute, 50 that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation. 52 `Wo to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.' 53 And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things, 54 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 7:39 : 39 And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, `This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind `is' the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'
  • Prov 19:22 : 22 The desirableness of a man `is' his kindness, And better `is' the poor than a liar.
  • Dan 11:27 : 27 `And both of the kings' hearts `are' to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it doth not prosper, for yet the end `is' at a time appointed.
  • Matt 9:3-4 : 3 And lo, certain of the scribes said within themselves, `This one doth speak evil.' 4 And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, `Why think ye evil in your hearts?

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  • Prov 23:1-3
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    2Every way of a man `is' right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

  • Prov 13:2
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  • Eccl 7:22
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  • Isa 10:7
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  • Zech 7:6
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  • Prov 26:25
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    25When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations `are' in his heart.

  • Prov 27:19
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    19As `in' water the face `is' 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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  • Prov 23:19-20
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    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

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  • Mark 7:19-21
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    19because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

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  • Eccl 9:7
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    7Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

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

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  • Prov 6:30
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    30They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

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    26Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

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  • Luke 12:34
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    19`And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.

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    5And also, because the wine `is' treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

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  • Prov 20:14
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    14`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

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    14From the fruit of the mouth `is' one satisfied `with' good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

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    21If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

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    9The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

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    7A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And `to' a hungry soul every bitter thing `is' sweet.

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    7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

  • Isa 44:20
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    20Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'

  • Prov 24:12
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    12When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.