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 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
- 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
- Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their 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 what is before thee:
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3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
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6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, 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 thine heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall 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 transgressors shall eat violence.
3 He that keepeth 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 wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
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16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, 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 casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest 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 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 mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
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24 Put away from thee a froward 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 thine hand upon thy mouth.
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7 All the labour 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 sight of the LORD.
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20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD 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 his soul 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 vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the ecious 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 li 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 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
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21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
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10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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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 reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
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2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
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13 Love not sleep, lest 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 mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.