Proverbs 23:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Cross References

Job 20:15

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

Proverbs 23:9

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 25:16

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.