KJV King James Version
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
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Proverbs 23:2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
WEB World English Bible
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
ASV American Standard Version
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 23
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.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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Philippians 3:19Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Matthew 18:8-9Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.1 Corinthians 9:27But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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