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 life.”
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Proverbs 23:2
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.