Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 23:2
(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.
(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.
Verse Proverbs 23:2. _PUT A KNIFE TO THY THROAT_] Repress thy appetite, and do not be incontinent of speech. Eat, drink, and converse, under a _check_....
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...
CHAPTER 23 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The opening proverbs of this chapter treat of self-restraint in curbing the appetite and give manners to be observed in the presence of a superior. Warnings against r...
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 (_m...
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...
_put a knife_ i.e. Restrain forcibly thy appetite as with a knife held to thy throat. Others render, _thou wilt put_(R.V. marg.) and understand it to mean, that death may be the penalty of indulgence....
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 disciple to...
CHAPTER 23 TEXT Proverbs 23:1-12 1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler Consider diligently him that is before thee; 2. And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. 3....
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 to thy...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
Restrain your appetite....
A ruler does not invite you so that you can taste his fine food. He invites you because he wants to discuss serious matters with you. You should not think much about his food or his wine. But you must...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...
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 offend...
וְ שַׂמְתָּ֣ שַׂכִּ֣ין בְּ לֹעֶ֑ךָ אִם ־בַּ֖ע
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 from the...
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...
Throat. Restrain intemperance and talkativeness, Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 12. Septuagint, "stretch forth thy hand, knowing that thou must prepare the like; but if thou be more insatiable, (3.) desire not...
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 deceitf...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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, either...
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. S...
_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...
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-indulg...
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 stood w...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: The indulgence of the appetites is a sin that easily besets us. We should apprehend ourselves to be in danger when...
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 stained...
_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 use...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:1 The rich host may be using his wealth to manipulate his less-wealthy guests to do his bidding. His hospitality is DECEPTIVE....
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 different fr...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 23:1 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 guest of kings....
Now the next three verses are coupled together. When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite. Be not de...
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....