Proverbs 23:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.”
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BSBPD
“and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou <FI>art<Fi> a man of appetite.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 23:2 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 27:14So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
- Matthew 18:8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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