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For as he [a]calculates in his soul, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But (A)his heart is not with you.
You will (B)vomit up [b]the morsel you have eaten,
And you will corrupt your pleasant words.

(C)Do not speak in the [c]hearing of a fool,
For he will (D)despise the insight of your speech.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
  2. Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
  3. Proverbs 23:9 Lit ears