Proverbs 23:2
1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
- KJV
- And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
- WEB
- put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
- ASV
- And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
- DARBY
- and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
- BLB
- and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of an appetite.
- ÅB
- og sette en kniv på din strupe, hvis du er grådig.
- OTB
- og sett en kniv på strupen hvis du er tilbøyelig til stor appetitt.
- B1930
- og sette en kniv på din strupe, hvis du er grådig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Read in contextMatthew 18:8–9
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:27
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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