put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 23:2 in context
Proverbs 23:1–5
1
When you sit to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before you;
2
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put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
3
Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
since they are deceitful food.
4
Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
5
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
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