Proverbs 23:7
for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
In context
4 Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. 5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. 6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies, 7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. 8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
10 Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 23:7 in the KJV
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 23:7 in the NIV
for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.