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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 23, Verse 8

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For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
King James Version
The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
American Standard Version
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
New English Translation
you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
World English Bible
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
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Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11
For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13
Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
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For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.