Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. New Living Translation If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat; English Standard Version and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. Berean Standard Bible and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. King James Bible And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. New King James Version And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite. New American Standard Bible And put a knife to your throat If you are a person of great appetite. NASB 1995 And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite. NASB 1977 And put a knife to your throat, If you are a man of great appetite. Legacy Standard Bible So you should put a knife to your throat If you are a man of appetite. Amplified Bible For you will put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite. Christian Standard Bible and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite; Holman Christian Standard Bible and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite; American Standard Version And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. Contemporary English Version Don't go and stuff yourself! That would be just the same as cutting your throat. English Revised Version And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. GOD'S WORD® Translation and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite. Good News Translation If you have a big appetite, restrain yourself. International Standard Version Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. Majority Standard Bible and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. NET Bible and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite. New Heart English Bible put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite. Webster's Bible Translation And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite. World English Bible put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you have put a knife to your throat, "" If you [are] a man of appetite. Young's Literal Translation And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite. Smith's Literal Translation And put a knife to thy swallow if thou the possessor of a soul. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power. Catholic Public Domain Version and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power. New American Bible Stick the knife in your gullet if you have a ravenous appetite. New Revised Standard Version and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThat you may not put poison in your mouth. And if you are a man given to excessive appetite, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Lest you put a dagger to your mouth, if you are a man that breathes. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. Brenton Septuagint Translation and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats: but if thou art very insatiable, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context True Riches1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, 2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. 3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.… Cross References Philippians 3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. 1 Corinthians 9:27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. Romans 13:14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul. Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Matthew 5:29-30 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. / And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell. 1 Corinthians 6:12 “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything. Titus 2:12 It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age, Luke 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. 1 Timothy 6:9-10 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Genesis 25:29-34 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished. / He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.) / “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied. ... Proverbs 25:16 If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich. Proverbs 28:7 A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father. Treasury of Scripture And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite. Proverbs 18:8,9 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly… 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. Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) Jump to Previous Appetite Desire Food Gluttony Great Knife Strong ThroatJump to Next Appetite Desire Food Gluttony Great Knife Strong ThroatProverbs 23 1. Consider carefully what is before youand put a knife to your throat This phrase is a vivid metaphorical expression that underscores the severity of self-restraint. In the Hebrew context, the word for "knife" (מַאֲכֶלֶת, ma'akhelet) is often associated with sacrifice, as seen in the account of Abraham and Isaac. The imagery of placing a knife to one's throat suggests a drastic measure to curb one's desires. Historically, this reflects the wisdom literature's emphasis on discipline and self-control. The throat, being the passage for sustenance, symbolizes the seat of appetite and desire. The phrase calls for a radical approach to self-discipline, urging believers to exercise control over their physical and spiritual appetites, aligning with the broader biblical theme of dying to self and living a life of moderation and holiness. if you possess a great appetite Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and putוְשַׂמְתָּ֣ (wə·śam·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a knife שַׂכִּ֣ין (śak·kîn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7915: A knife to your throat בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ (bə·lō·‘e·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3930: Probably throat if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you אָֽתָּה׃ (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you possess בַּ֖עַל (ba·‘al) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner a [great] appetite. נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Links Proverbs 23:2 NIVProverbs 23:2 NLT Proverbs 23:2 ESV Proverbs 23:2 NASB Proverbs 23:2 KJV Proverbs 23:2 BibleApps.com Proverbs 23:2 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 23:2 Chinese Bible Proverbs 23:2 French Bible Proverbs 23:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:2 Put a knife to your throat if (Prov. 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