Proverbs 23:2
And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, thou shalt consider well, what is before thee;
3Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
Cross References
Genesis 27:14So he went, and fetched [them], and brought them in to his mother, and his mother made dainty meats, such as his father loved.
1 Corinthians 9:27But am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means,—unto others, having proclaimed, [the contest], I myself, should be rejected.
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 →