Proverbs 23:7
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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
In other translations
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Hebrew words
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