Proverbs 23:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. ”

Proverbs 23:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thinketh - The Hebrew verb is found here only, and probably means, “as he is all along in his heart, so is he (at last) in act.”
Proverbs 23:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
Proverbs 23:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thinketh, &c. . estimates himself. heart . soul. Hebrew. nephesh .
Proverbs 23:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 as he thinketh in his heart (grudgingly; not as his kind speeches would imply),...
Proverbs 23:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Proverbs 23:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. — He is not really friendly and hospitable, as his words would imply, but he grudges every morsel thou takest, calculating its cost.
Proverbs 23:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
Proverbs 23:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
Proverbs 23:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceit...
Proverbs 23:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
Proverbs 23:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee. Ver. 7. For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. ] Mens cuiusque is est quisque:...
Proverbs 23:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Eat not thou the bread of him that hath an evil eye Of an envious or covetous man, who secretly grudges thee the meat which is set before thee. For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he Thou must...
Proverbs 23:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart...
Proverbs 23:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As he thinketh in his heart, so is he: you are not to judge of him by his words, for so he professeth kindness, as it follows; but by the constant temper of his mind, which he hath fully discovered...
Proverbs 23:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:6 . Him that hath an evil eye — i.e. , the jealous man. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 23:6-8 FEIGNED GENEROSITY I. Men’s inward life and feeling...
Proverbs 23:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:7 I. This is the Hebrew way of telling us, in a casual word about feasting, that a man's inmost thinking is the true index to his character. II. Christianity accepts and endorses this...
Proverbs 23:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stai...
Proverbs 23:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. The importance of a man’s thoughts 1. A man is as his thoughts. 2. A man has control over his thoughts. 3. God helps him in the exercise of that...
Proverbs 23:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
Proverbs 23:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 7. for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he, his true nature does not appear on the outside, but his calculating meanness counts every bite his guest takes. Eat and drink, saith he to thee, w...
Proverbs 23:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:26-28 ; Daniel 11:27 ; Judges 16:15 ; Luke 11:37-54 ; Luke 7:39 ; Matthew 9:3 ; Matthew 9:4 ; Proverbs 19:22 ; Psalms 12:2 ; Psalms 55:21
Proverbs 23:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So is he — You are not to judge of him by his words, but by the constant temper of his mind.

Proverbs 23:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 23:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 23:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 23:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 23:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 23:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 23:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 23:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 23:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 23:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes