Proverbs 23:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Matt 18:8-9 : 8 And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you: it is good for you to enter into life crippled or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you: it is good for you 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, {G4458} 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
1 Sam 12:25
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25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
Prov 24:11
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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
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12lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Ps 52:2
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2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.