Proverbs 23:7 Themes and Topics

Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you. Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive. read more.
Don't exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to stop. When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle. Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you. You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

Don't be envious of wicked men or wish you were with them, because they plan violence, and they are always talking about trouble.

Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you. Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive. read more.
Don't exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to stop. When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle. Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you. You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

Let's stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another. Verse Concepts

It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander. Verse Concepts

Jerusalem, wash your evil from your heart so that you may be delivered. How long will you harbor evil schemes within you? Verse Concepts

To devise folly is sin, and people detest a scoffer. Verse Concepts

Be careful not to think this wicked thought to yourselves: "The seventh year, the year of remission, is drawing near,' and you show ill will toward your poor relative and not give to him. He may then call to the LORD on account of you, and you will be guilty of sin. Verse Concepts

They devise wicked schemes, saying, "We have completed our plans, hiding them deep in our hearts." Verse Concepts

The LORD knows the thoughts of human beings that they are futile. Verse Concepts

To the LORD evil plans are detestable, but pleasant words are pure. Verse Concepts

for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you. Verse Concepts

"But as for me, I know their actions and their thoughts. Come and gather all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory. Verse Concepts

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, replied, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts? Verse Concepts

Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you. Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.

Don't magnify yourself in the presence of a king, and don't pretend to be in the company of famous men, for it is better that it be told you, "Come up here," than for you to be placed lower in the presence of an official. What you've seen with your own eyes,

If an unbeliever invites you to his house and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, raising no question on the grounds of conscience. Verse Concepts

Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you. You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor's home; otherwise, he'll grow weary and hate you. Verse Concepts

"Whatever house you go into, first say, "May there be peace in this house.' If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting of peace will remain with him. But if that's not the case, your greeting will come back to you. Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

When Jesus noticed how the guests were choosing the places of honor, he told them a parable. "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't sit down at the place of honor in case someone more important than you was invited by the host. Then the host who invited both of you would come to you and say, "Give this person your place.' In disgrace, you would have to take the place of least honor. read more.
But when you are invited, go and sit down at the place of least honor. Then, when your host comes, he will tell you, "Friend, move up higher,' and you will be honored in the presence of everyone who eats with you. Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but by your Father who is in the hidden place. And your Father who watches from the hidden place will reward you." Verse Concepts

for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you. Verse Concepts

Meanwhile, the people had gathered by the thousands and were trampling on one another. Jesus began to speak first to his disciples. "Watch out for the yeast that is, the hypocrisy of the Pharisees! Verse Concepts

They claim to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good. Verse Concepts

and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron. Verse Concepts

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. Verse Concepts

for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you. Verse Concepts

Though he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart. Verse Concepts