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Text -- Proverbs 23:2 (NET)

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23:2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: WISDOM | Temperance | Social Customs | Self-denial | Prudence | KNIFE | Guest | DAINTIES; DAINTY (MEATS) | Citizenship | APPETITE | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Pro 23:2 - -- Restrain thine appetite, as if a man stood with a knife at thy throat.

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

JFB: Pro 23:2 - -- An Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite.

An Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite.

Clarke: Pro 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.

Put a knife to thy throat - Repress thy appetite, and do not be incontinent of speech. Eat, drink, and converse, under a check.

TSK: Pro 23:2 - -- Mat 18:8, Mat 18:9; 1Co 9:27; Phi 3:19

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Pro 23:2 - -- 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., "in...

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."

Poole: Pro 23:2 - -- 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 swallow...

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 with a knife at thy throat ready to kill thee, if thou didst transgress; or though it be as irksome to thee to do so as if thou hadst a knife put to thy throat. So this is to be understood metaphorically, as that phrase of

cutting off the right hand & c., Mat 5:29,30 . Or, For thou dost (or, lest thou shouldst , as the Syriac interpreter renders it; or, otherwise thou wilt or shouldst) put a knife to thy throat. So the sense is, When thou goest to their feasts, thou dost expose thyself to great and manifest hazards, to thy own intemperance, and to all its dangerous consequences, and to the ill effects of other men’ s intemperance.

Given to appetite prone to excess in eating and drinking.

Haydock: Pro 23:2 - -- Throat. Restrain intemperance and talkativeness, Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 12. Septuagint, "stretch forth thy hand, knowing that thou must prepare the ...

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 his meats, for he has them of deceitful life." They cannot afford real happiness, (Haydock) and to vie with the rich would only reduce them to poverty, Ecclesiasticus xiii. 2. St. Augustine (tr. xlvii. in Joan.) explains this text of the blessed Eucharist, observing, that we must give our life for our brethren, as Christ did for us. Before communion, we must slay the old man, and subdue our passions. (Calmet) ---

Power. Protestants, "if thou be a man given to appetite." The situation of a courtier is very critical. (Haydock) ---

Those who eat with the kings of Persia, were nicely observed by an eunuch, lest they should cast their eyes on any of his concubines. (Lucian. de Merced.)

Gill: Pro 23:2 - -- 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 pres...

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 with the ruler or fellow guests; which, when persons have ate and drank well, they are too apt to do, and sometimes say things offensive to one or the other; it is good for a man to be upon his guard; see Ecc 5:2. Or restrain thine appetite; deny thyself of some things agreeable, that would lead thee to what might be hurtful, at least if indulged to excess: put as it were a knife unto thine appetite, and mortify it; which is the same as cutting off a right hand, or plucking out a right eye Mat 5:29. Or while thou art at such a table, at such a sumptuous entertainment, consider thyself as in danger, as if thou hadst a knife at thy throat; and shouldest thou be too free with the food or liquor, it would be as it were cutting thine own throat;

if thou be a man given to appetite; there is then the more danger; and therefore such a person should be doubly on his guard, since he is in the way of temptation to that he is naturally inclined to. Or, "if thou art master of appetite" r: so the Targum,

"if thou art master of thy soul;''

if thou hast power over it, and the command of it, and canst restrain it with ease; to which agrees the Vulgate Latin version: but the former sense is more agreeable to the Hebrew idiom.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 23:2 Heb “lord of appetite.” The idiom בַּעַל נֶפֶשׁ (ba’al nefes...

Geneva Bible: Pro 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.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

MHCC: Pro 23:1-3 - --God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm.

Matthew Henry: Pro 23:1-3 - -- The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily beset...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 23:1-3 - -- Pro 22:29, which speaks of a high position near the king, is appropriately followed by a hexastich referring to the slipperiness of the smooth groun...

Constable: Pro 22:17--25:1 - --III. WISE SAYINGS 22:17--24:34 A third major section of the Book of Proverbs begins with 22:17. This is clear fr...

Constable: Pro 22:17--24:23 - --A. Thirty Sayings of the Wise 22:17-24:22 Many scholars have called attention to the similarities betwee...

Constable: Pro 22:22--23:12 - --The first 10 sayings 22:22-23:11 22:22-23 Note the chiastic structure in these four lines that unifies the thought of the passage: violence, litigatio...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE NATURE AND USE OF PROVERBS.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations ...

TSK: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The wisdom of all ages, from the highest antiquity, has chosen to compress and communicate its lessons in short, compendious sentences, and in poetic ...

TSK: Proverbs 23 (Chapter Introduction) Overview

Poole: Proverbs 23 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 23

MHCC: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. ...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use o...

Constable: Proverbs (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is "The Proverbs of Solo...

Constable: Proverbs (Outline) Outline I. Discourses on wisdom chs. 1-9 A. Introduction to the book 1:1-7 ...

Constable: Proverbs Proverbs Bibliography Aitken, Kenneth T. Proverbs. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. Alden...

Haydock: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. INTRODUCTION. This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences, regulating the morals of men; and...

Gill: Proverbs (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS This book is called, in some printed Hebrew copies, "Sepher Mishle", the Book of Proverbs; the title of it in the Vulgate ...

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