Catholic Public Domain Version
"For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you. "
— Proverbs 23:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”
“For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee. ”
“for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.”
“for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;”
“Because, like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.”
“For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.”
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”
Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.
Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.
Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.
For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.
The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words.
Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.
Do not touch the boundaries of little ones, and do not enter into the field of the fatherless.