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Proverbs 23:2
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:2 · New Heart English Bible
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Proverbs 23:2 in other translations
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
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In context
1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
2 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
3 Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.
4 Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
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