Proverbs 23:2
put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
World English Bible British
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, consider diligently what is before you;
3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Cross References
Genesis 27:14He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.
1 Corinthians 9:27but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should 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 →