Proverbs 23:2

and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule,

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In The King James Version

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

In Context

1Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face,

3desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed of `a leesing.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:14He yede, and brouyte, and yaf to his modir. Sche made redi metis, as sche knewe that his fadir wolde,

1 Corinthians 9:27but Y chastise my bodi, and bryng it in to seruage; lest perauenture whanne Y preche to othere, Y my silf be maad repreuable.

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