Proverbs 23:8
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
The morsell which thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomite vp, and loose thy sweete words.
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Proverbs 23:8
A piece; a meal; something to be eaten.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Sense 1: Chewed and swallowed. Sense 2: Consumed or corroded.
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Sense 1: Matter cast from the stomach. Sense 2: As a verb, to eject it.
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1. To be deprived of or fail to keep. 2. To fail to obtain. 3. To destroy or cause to perish.
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Sense 1: Pleasing to the taste or smell. Sense 2: Pleasant, agreeable, or delightful to the senses or mind.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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23:7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
23:7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eate, and drinke, sayth he to thee, but his heart is not with thee.
23:8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
23:8The morsell which thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomite vp, and loose thy sweete words.
Selected passage23:9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
23:9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisedome of thy words.