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Proverbs 23:7-9
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 23:7-9
Contemporary English Version
7 People like that take note
of how much you eat.[a]
They say, “Take all you want!”
But they don't mean it.
8 Each bite will come back up,
and all your kind words
will be wasted.
–9–
9 Don't talk to fools—
they will make fun of you.
Footnotes
- 23.7 People … eat: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
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