Proverbs 23:2
and cut down if you have a big appetite.
Free Bible 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 for a meal with a ruler, look carefully at what is placed before you,
3Don't be greedy for his fancy food, for it's offered with deceptive motives.
Cross References
Genesis 27:14So Jacob went and got them and took them to his mother, and she made some tasty food, the way his father loved.
1 Corinthians 9:27I also treat my body severely to bring it under my control, for I don't want somehow to be disqualified after sharing the good news with everybody else.
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 →