Proverbs 23:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that `are' sweet.

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  • 9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 23:6-7
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    6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

    7For 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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    16Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated `with' it, and hast vomited it.

    17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.

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    12Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

    13Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

    14His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps `is' in his heart.

    15Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

    16Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

  • 4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  • 14Thou -- thou eatest, and thou art not satisfied, And thy pit `is' in thy midst, And thou removest, and dost not deliver, And that which thou deliverest, to a sword I give.

  • 17Sweet to a man `is' the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled `with' gravel.

  • Prov 23:2-3
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    2And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou `art' a man of appetite.

    3Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it `is' lying food.

  • 12Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

  • 2From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

  • 19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

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

  • 3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

  • 8For all tables have been full of vomit, Filth -- without place!

  • 17Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

  • 8The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

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    20From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, `From the' increase of his lips he is satisfied.

    21Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

  • 33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

  • 24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • 2Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

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    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

    6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • 8Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

  • 7For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips `is' wickedness.

  • 17`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

  • 11And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

  • 17do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

  • 13Eat my son, honey that `is' good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate.

  • 18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

  • 38and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you.

  • 13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

  • 3For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

  • 28and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which `is' before you;

  • 28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

  • 6For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

  • 23It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.

  • 31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

  • 17And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

  • 23The produce of thy lips thou dost keep, and hast done `it', as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God; a free-will-offering, which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

  • 6Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

  • 11As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

  • 22And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.