Proverbs 23:7 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁷ for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning. “Eat and drink!” he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁷ because they are like a hair in the throat. They say to you, “Eat and drink!” but they don’t mean it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. "Eat and drink," he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Because 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.

Proverbs 23:7 Cross References

Psalm 12:2

Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 26:23

Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.

Proverbs 26:24

He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;

Proverbs 26:25

when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;

Daniel 11:27

And as for the two kings, their minds shall be bent on mischief; they shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail; for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.

Luke 7:39

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”

Judges 16:15

And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me wherein your great strength lies.”