Proverbs 23:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 18:8-9 : 8 And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire. 9 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.
  • 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:1
    80%

    1 When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

  • Prov 23:3
    79%

    3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

  • Prov 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

    7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

    8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

  • Prov 23:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

    20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

    21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

  • Prov 13:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

    3 He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

  • Ps 141:4
    70%

    4 Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

  • 1 Sam 2:16
    69%

    16 And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.

  • Mic 6:14
    69%

    14 You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.

  • Prov 25:16
    69%

    16 If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

  • Ezek 2:8
    69%

    8 But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.

  • Prov 13:25
    69%

    25 The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

  • Deut 12:23
    69%

    23 But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

  • Prov 4:24
    69%

    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

  • Prov 30:32
    68%

    32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Eccl 6:7
    68%

    7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

  • Deut 12:25
    68%

    25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Isa 1:20
    68%

    20 But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

  • Ezek 24:22
    68%

    22 And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.

  • Prov 6:30
    68%

    30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

  • Prov 25:21
    68%

    21 If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

  • Eccl 4:5
    68%

    5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

  • Prov 30:8
    68%

    8 Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

  • Prov 22:18
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    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Prov 18:21
    68%

    21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

  • Job 22:7
    67%

    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • Ps 34:13
    67%

    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

  • 1 Sam 12:25
    67%

    25 But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.

  • Prov 24:11
    67%

    11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

  • Exod 21:14
    67%

    14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

  • Deut 12:20
    67%

    20 When the Lord your God makes wide the limit of your land, as he has said, and you say, I will take flesh for my food, because you have a desire for it; then you may take whatever flesh you have a desire for.

  • Prov 28:21
    67%

    21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Job 36:17
    67%

    17 ...

  • Prov 1:10
    67%

    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 25:6
    67%

    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

  • Prov 6:21
    67%

    21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

  • Prov 20:17
    67%

    17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

  • Prov 4:17
    67%

    17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

  • Prov 30:22
    67%

    22 A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

  • Eccl 8:2
    67%

    2 I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

  • Prov 5:2
    67%

    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 20:13
    67%

    13 Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

  • Deut 8:12
    67%

    12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;

  • Ps 52:2
    67%

    2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.