Proverbs 23:2
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.
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1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
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3 Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
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6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
7 For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
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19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
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2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.
3 He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; [But] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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4 Incline 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.
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16 And 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.
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14 Thou 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.
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16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
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8 But 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.
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25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.
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23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.
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24 Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
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32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
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7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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25 Thou 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.
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20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
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22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
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30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
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21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
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5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:
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18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
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26 For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
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21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
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13 Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
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25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
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11 Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
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14 And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
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20 When 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.
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21 To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
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17 But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .
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10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
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6 Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:
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21 Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
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17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
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22 For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;
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2 I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
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2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
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13 Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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12 lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
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2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.