Proverbs 23:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷ People like that take note
    of how much you eat.^[a]
They say, “Take all you want!”
    But they don't mean it.
⁸ Each bite will come back up,
and all your kind words
    will be wasted.

⁹ Don't talk to fools—
    they will make fun of you.