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Proverbs Chapter 23 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 23:2

And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
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BBE Proverbs 23:2

And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
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DARBY Proverbs 23:2

and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
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KJV Proverbs 23:2

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
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WBT Proverbs 23:2


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WEB Proverbs 23:2

Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
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YLT Proverbs 23:2

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou `art' a man of appetite.
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Proverbs 23 : 2 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. "Stab thy gluttony," Wordsworth. Restrain thyself by the strongest measures, convince thyself that thou art in the utmost peril, if thou art a glutton or wine bibber (Ecclus. 34 [31]:12). The LXX. gives a different turn to the injunction, "And apply (ἐπίβαλλε) thy hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such things." This is like the warning of Siracides, in the chapter quoted above, where the disciple is admonished not to attend the banquets of rich men, lest he should be tempted to vie with them, and thus ruin himself by attempting to return their civilities in the same lavish manner. The earlier commentators have used the above verses as a lesson concerning the due and reverent partaking of the Holy Communion, thus: "When you approach the table of Christ, consider diligently what is represented by the elements before you, and have discernment and faith, lest you eat and drink unworthily; and after communicating walk warily, mortify all evil desires, live as in the presence of the Lord Jesus, the Giver of the feast."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) And put a knife to thy throat.--Use the strongest methods to keep thine appetite in check, if thou art likely to give way to it, and then, overcome by meat and drink, to say or do anything to offend thy host.