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Proverbs 23:2
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and put a knife to your throatif you have a big appetite;
Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
And put a knife to your throat If you are a person of great appetite.
Control yourself if you have a big appetite.
For you will put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.
So you should put a knife to your throatIf you are a man of appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
Don't go and stuff yourself! That would be just the same as cutting your throat.
If you have a big appetite, put a knife to your throat!
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Never eat too much, even if you are very hungry.
That you may not put poison in your mouth. And if you are a man given to excessive appetite,
If you have a big appetite, restrain yourself.
and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of an appetite.
that are set before ye Measure thine appetite:
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.
Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set.
and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats: but if thou art very insatiable,
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule,
And put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [art] a man given to appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite.
If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat;
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.
and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 18:8, Matthew 18:9, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Philippians 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:14 - mother Proverbs 12:27 - slothful
Cross-References
Then Abram moved his tent and came to live among the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.
Ephron answered Abraham,
"My lord, listen to me. The land is worth four hundred pieces of silver. What is that between me and you? So bury your wife."
Abraham listened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed for Ephron the silver which he had said and was heard by the sons of Heth to be the price, four hundred pieces of silver. He weighed it in the same way those who buy and sell weighed it at that time.
to Abraham for his own. It was handed over in front of the sons of Heth and all who came in through the gate of his city.
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the grave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Esau hated Jacob because his father had prayed that good would come to Jacob. Esau said to himself, "The days when I will have sorrow for the loss of my father are soon. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
They came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan. There they cried with much sorrow. Joseph cried in sorrow for his father for seven days.
When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron. Anak's sons Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
When all the people saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel cried in sorrow for Aaron thirty days.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And put a knife to thy throat,.... Refrain from too much talk at the table; give not too loose to thy tongue, but bridle it, considering in whose presence thou art; do not use too much freedom, either with the ruler or fellow guests; which, when persons have ate and drank well, they are too apt to do, and sometimes say things offensive to one or the other; it is good for a man to be upon his guard; see Ecclesiastes 5:2. Or restrain thine appetite; deny thyself of some things agreeable, that would lead thee to what might be hurtful, at least if indulged to excess: put as it were a knife unto thine appetite, and mortify it; which is the same as cutting off a right hand, or plucking out a right eye Matthew 5:29. Or while thou art at such a table, at such a sumptuous entertainment, consider thyself as in danger, as if thou hadst a knife at thy throat; and shouldest thou be too free with the food or liquor, it would be as it were cutting thine own throat;
if thou [be] a man given to appetite; there is then the more danger; and therefore such a person should be doubly on his guard, since he is in the way of temptation to that he is naturally inclined to. Or, "if thou art master of appetite" r: so the Targum,
"if thou art master of thy soul;''
if thou hast power over it, and the command of it, and canst restrain it with ease; to which agrees the Vulgate Latin version: but the former sense is more agreeable to the Hebrew idiom.
r בעל נפש "dominus animae", Vatablus, Mercerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
i. e., “Restrain thy appetite, eat as if the knife were at thy throat.” Others render the words “thou wilt put a knife to thy throat” etc., i. e., “indulgence at such a time may endanger thy very life.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 23:2. Put a knife to thy throat — Repress thy appetite, and do not be incontinent of speech. Eat, drink, and converse, under a check.
