Proverbs 23:8

8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

Proverbs 23:8 in Other Translations

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

8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.

8 You will throw up what little you’ve eaten, and your compliments will be wasted.

8 His miserly serving will turn your stomach when you realize the meal's a sham.

8 You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Proverbs 23:8 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:8

The morsel [which] thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomit up
It shall turn in thy stomach, thou shall not be able to keep it, when thou understandest thou art not welcome; or thou wilt wish thou hadst never eaten a bit, or that thou couldest vomit up what thou hast; so disagreeable is the thought of being unwelcome, or when this appears to be the case; and lose thy sweet words;
expressed in thankfulness to the master of the feast, in praise of his food, in pleasantry with him, and the other guests at table; all which are repented of when a man finds he is not welcome.

Proverbs 23:8 In-Context

6 Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;

7 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.

8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

9 Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,