Proverbs 23:7

7 For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.

Proverbs 23:7 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:7

For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he
He is not the man his mouth speaks or declares him to be, but what his heart thinks; which is discovered by his looks and actions, and by which he is to be judged of, and not by his words; eat and drink, saith he to thee, but his heart [is] not with thee;
he bids you eat and drink, but he does not desire you should, at least but very sparingly; it is only a mere compliment, not a hearty welcome.

Proverbs 23:7 In-Context

5 Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens.

6 Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.

7 For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.

8 Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.

9 In the ears of a fool do not speak, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "soul," or "inner self"
• [b]. Or "is he"