231 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you; 2 and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. 3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:1-3
Commentary on Proverbs 23:1-3
(Read Proverbs 23:1-3)
God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm.