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Proverbs 23:7 · Biblica® Open Igbo Contemporary Bible 2020

Nʼihi na ọ bụ ụdị mmadụ ahụ na-eche ọnụahịa ihe ọ na-emefuru gị. Ọ na-asị gị, “Rie ihe, ṅụọkwa ihe ọṅụṅụ,” ma obi ya adịghị nʼebe ị nọ.

Proverbs 23:7 in English

Proverbs 23:7 · Berean Standard Bible

for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost.* “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Context

5Nʼihi na akụ nwere ike ifu nʼotu ntabi anya dịka a ga-asị na ha nwere nku dịka nnụnụ ugo. 6Erila nri onye aka ntagide na-enye gị. Nri ụtọ ya agụkwala gị agụ. 7Nʼihi na ọ bụ ụdị mmadụ ahụ na-eche ọnụahịa ihe ọ na-emefuru gị. Ọ na-asị gị, “Rie ihe, ṅụọkwa ihe ọṅụṅụ,” ma obi ya adịghị nʼebe ị nọ. 8Ị ga-agbọkwa nke ntakịrị ahụ i riri mgbe ahụ, okwu ọma ahụ niile i kwuru banyere ya ga-abụ ihe efu. 9Atụfula ume gị ịgwa onye nzuzu okwu, nʼihi na ọ ga-eleda okwu i sitere nʼezi uche kwuo anya.

Igbo text and audio: Biblica® Open Igbo Contemporary Bible™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.