For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: 'Eat and drink,' he says to you, but his heart is not with you—a penetrating observation that inward disposition reveals itself in duplicity, establishing that external courtesy may mask inner withholding. The clause 'thinks in his heart' (shaph bilvav) describes internal orientation; his thoughts reveal his true nature. The parallelism (what he says versus what he thinks) shows the contradiction. The theological significance involves the principle that God judges the heart, not merely the external action.

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