Proverbs 23:2
and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
In Context
1When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,
3Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.
Cross References
Genesis 27:14He went out, and he brought, and he gave to his mother. She prepared the meats, just as she knew his father liked.
1 Corinthians 9:27Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:2-4
Cautions against Luxury and Covetousness. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us. 1. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: " When… Read the whole commentary →