Proverbs 23:8

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

World English Bible

You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

American Standard Version

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.

Darby Translation

Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.

Young's Literal Translation

Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet.

Bible in Basic English

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

In context

7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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