Proverbs 23:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:8-9 : 8 And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. 9 And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire. [
  • 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:1
    80%

    1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

  • Prov 23:3
    79%

    3Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

  • Prov 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

    7For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

    8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

  • Prov 23:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

    20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.

  • Prov 13:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.

    3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; [But] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Ps 141:4
    70%

    4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

  • 1 Sam 2:16
    69%

    16And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

  • Mic 6:14
    69%

    14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.

  • Prov 25:16
    69%

    16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

  • Ezek 2:8
    69%

    8But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee.

  • Prov 13:25
    69%

    25The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Deut 12:23
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    23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

  • Prov 4:24
    69%

    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Prov 30:32
    68%

    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

  • Eccl 6:7
    68%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Deut 12:25
    68%

    25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Isa 1:20
    68%

    20but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

  • Ezek 24:22
    68%

    22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

  • Prov 25:21
    68%

    21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

  • Eccl 4:5
    68%

    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Prov 30:8
    68%

    8Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

  • Prov 22:18
    68%

    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 18:21
    68%

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • Job 22:7
    67%

    7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

  • Ps 34:13
    67%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

  • 1 Sam 12:25
    67%

    25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

  • Prov 24:11
    67%

    11Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

  • Exod 21:14
    67%

    14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

  • Deut 12:20
    67%

    20When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

  • Prov 28:21
    67%

    21To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

  • Job 36:17
    67%

    17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

  • Prov 1:10
    67%

    10My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

  • Prov 25:6
    67%

    6Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

  • Prov 6:21
    67%

    21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

  • Prov 20:17
    67%

    17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Prov 4:17
    67%

    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • Prov 30:22
    67%

    22For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

  • Eccl 8:2
    67%

    2I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

  • Prov 5:2
    67%

    2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 20:13
    67%

    13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Deut 8:12
    67%

    12lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

  • Ps 52:2
    67%

    2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.