Proverbs 23:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Proverbs 23:8 —

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Aliens Conceit Consistency Deceit Deception Dishonesty Dissembling Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-8)

Those that are voluptuous and given to appetite (Prov. 23:2) are glad to be where there is good cheer stirring, and those that are covetous and saving, that they may spare at home, will be glad to get a dinner at another man’s table; and therefore both are here advised not to be forward to accept of every man’s invitation, but especially not to thrust themselves in uninvited. Observe, 1. There are…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

6-8. Beware of deceitful men, whose courtesies even you will repent of having accepted. evil eye--or purpose (Pr 22:9; De 15:9; Mt 6:23).