Proverbs 23:2
and put a knife to your throat 1 if you are a person who likes to eat a lot of food. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 to eat with a ruler, 1 observe carefully what is before you, 1
3Do not crave his delicacies, 1 for it is the food of lies. 1
Cross References
Genesis 27:14So Jacob went and got the young goats and brought them to his mother, and his mother made delicious food, just like his father loved.
1 Corinthians 9:27But I subdue my body and make it a slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself may 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 →