Proverbs 23:7 Themes and Topics

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit. read more.
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven. Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: 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. The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them: For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit. read more.
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven. Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: 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. The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another. Verse Concepts

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words: Verse Concepts

O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you? Verse Concepts

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others. Verse Concepts

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you. Verse Concepts

Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep. Verse Concepts

The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath. Verse Concepts

Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing. Verse Concepts

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. Verse Concepts

And I am coming to get together all nations and tongues: and they will come and will see my glory. Verse Concepts

And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil? Verse Concepts

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great: For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong. Verse Concepts

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: 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. The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate. Verse Concepts

And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house. And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again. And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them, When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming, And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat. read more.
But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there. For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. Verse Concepts

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. Verse Concepts

At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit. Verse Concepts

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work. Verse Concepts

Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron; Verse Concepts

Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing. Verse Concepts

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. Verse Concepts

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils: Verse Concepts