Proverbs 23:2

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.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Proverb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And put . Then thou wilt put. a man given, &c. Illustrations: Esau ( Genesis 25:30 ); Isaac ( Genesis 25:28 ; Genesis 27:4 ); those referred...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 oth...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 - rest...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Restrain your appetite.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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, overcom...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 i...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 p...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 re...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, wha...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 giv...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 swal...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest, etc. Miller here translates “ Forasmuch as thou sittest ,” and applying the word ruler to G...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 s...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:27 ; Matthew 18:8 ; Matthew 18:9 ; Philippians 3:19
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Put a knife — Restrain thine appetite, as if a man stood with a knife at thy throat.

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 23:2