“ And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. ”
i. e., “Restrain thy appetite, eat as if the knife were at thy throat.” Others render the words “thou wilt put a knife to thy throat” etc., i. e., “indulgence at such a time may endanger thy very l...
(b) And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [art] a man given to appetite. (b) Bridle your appetite, as if by force and violence.
It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
And put . Then thou wilt put. a man given, &c. Illustrations: Esau ( Genesis 25:30 ); Isaac ( Genesis 25:28 ; Genesis 27:4 ); those referred to in Philippians 1:3 ; Philippians 1:18 ; Phi...
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Put a knife to thy throat - Repress thy appetite, and do not be incontinent of speech. Eat, drink, and converse, under a check.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, &c.— There are two evils to be avoided at the tables of the great: the one is, too much talking; the other, too much eating: the wise man exhorts his disc...
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. And put a knife to thy throat, if thou (be) a man given to appetite - restrain thy gluttony as it were with a knife applied...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
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 offe...
CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceit...
And put a knife to thy throat ,.... Refrain from too much talk at the table; give not too loose to thy tongue, but bridle it, considering in whose presence thou art; do not use too much freedom, eit...
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite. Ver. 2. And put a knife to thy throat. ] Put into thy throat, as Aben Ezra reads it, rather than offend by inordinate appetite....
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler When thou art invited to the table of a great man; consider diligently what is before thee What things, what plenty and variety of meats and drinks, by which...
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 daintie...
Put a knife to thy throat; restrain and moderate thine appetite, as if a knife or some other thing stuck in thy throat, and hindered thee from swallowing what thou didst desire; or as if a man stoo...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest, etc. Miller here translates “ Forasmuch as thou sittest ,” and applying the word ruler to God gives to the proverb a meaning entirely differe...
Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stai...
Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Moderation This virtue the people of God ought to practise in everything. They should exercise self-government in the desire, the...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
v. 2. and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite, keeping the usual gluttonous appetite in leash by the strongest warnings and threats, restraining the least sign of self-ind...
1 Corinthians 9:27 ; Matthew 18:8 ; Matthew 18:9 ; Philippians 3:19
Put a knife — Restrain thine appetite, as if a man stood with a knife at thy throat.