Catholic Public Domain Version
"and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power. "
— Proverbs 23:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.”
“And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. ”
“put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.”
“and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.”
“And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.”
“And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.”
“And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.”
When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,
and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.
Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.
Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.
Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.