Proverbs 23:2
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
Berean Standard Bible
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 dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Cross References
Genesis 27:14So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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 →