Proverbs 23:2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.
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8Wherefore 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.
8*Wherefore if thy hand or thy foote offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather then hauing two hands or two feete, to be cast into euerlasting fire.
9And if thine eie offend thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eie, rather then hauing two eies, to be cast into hell fire.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27Rank 3 from verse 2
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Proverbs 23:2
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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A sharp-edged cutting instrument.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
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Desire to any thing.
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23:1WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
23:1¶ When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.
23:2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
23:2And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.
Selected passage23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitfull meate.