Proverbs 23:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Proverbs 23:2 —

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Cross-References

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Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Matthew 18:8-9
Wherefore 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 9:27
But 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.

Topics

Abstemiousness Abstinence, Total Appetite Caution Citizens Consistency Counsel Courtesy

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-3)

The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us. 1. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: “ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler thou has great plenty before thee, varieties and dainties, such a table spread as thou has seldom seen; th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. put a knife--an Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite.