7for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.


In Context

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.

5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;

7 for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 23:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:7For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:7Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:7For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:7For as he reckoneth within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. |Eat and drink!| he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:7For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:7For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, said he to you; but his heart is not with you.