Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
i. e., "Restrain thy appetite, eat as if the knife were at thy throat." Others render the words "thou wilt put a knife to thy throat" etc., i. e., "indulgence at such a time may endanger thy very life."
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Proverbs 23:2:
Job 6:3
Daniel 1:21
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