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Proverbs 23:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Proverbs 23:7

Verse 7 of 35

Scripture focus

For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.

Proverbs 23:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 23:7

Theological / Devotional

As he thinketh. The particular application of this clause is to the covetous man who carries out the forms of friendly entertainment and plays the genial host, interested in the welfare of his guest, while his mind is casting about for some way to defraud him. There is a general application to all men. Since the issues of life spring from the heart (ch. 4:23), and a man is defiled by what comes out of him rather than by what goes in (Matt. 15:18-20), it follows that a man is as he thinks.

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