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You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Proverbs 23:8 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીનીતિવચનો ૨૩:૮
જે કોળિયો તેં ખાધો હશે, તે તારે ઓકી કાઢવો પડશે અને તારાં મીઠાં વચનો વ્યર્થ જશે.
हिन्दीनीतिवचन २३:८
जो कौर तूने खाया हो, उसे उगलना पड़ेगा, और तू अपनी मीठी बातों का फल खोएगा।

In context

6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,

7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

9Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

10Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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