Proverbs 23:2
Even if you ◄have a big appetite/want to eat a lot of food►, restrain yourself.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
In Context
3Do not want to eat a lot of his fine food, because he may be trying to trick you.
Cross References
Genesis 27:14So Jacob went and killed two goats and brought them to his mother. Then with the meat his mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked.
1 Corinthians 9:27I beat my body to make it do what I want it to do [MET], as slaves obey their masters, in order that, after I have proclaimed God’s message to others, he will not say that I do not deserve to receive a reward.
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 →