Proverbs 23:2
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
In context
1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, 2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. 3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. 4 Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. 5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 23:2 in the KJV
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 23:2 in the NIV
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.