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Proverbs 23:2
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Proverbs 23:2
2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
2And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 23:2
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A sharp-edged cutting instrument.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Desire to any thing.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
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Open the full verse study19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
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Open the full verse study8Wherefore 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.
9And 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.
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Open the full verse study27But 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.
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