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they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
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They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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“Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
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“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
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The righteous eat to their hearts’ content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.
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The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Saying 9
Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
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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.
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You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
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Saying 26
Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
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If you find honey, eat just enough— too much of it, and you will vomit.
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If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.
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The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
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“The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.
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“This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’
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a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
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She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
