Proverbs 23:2
For thou wilt put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man given to appetite!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
In Context
1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well what is before thee;
3Long not for his dainties. For they are deceitful meat.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:27but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, when I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected as unworthy.
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 →