Proverbs 23:2

New International Reader's Version

Put a knife to your throat if you like to eat too much.

Cross References

Genesis 27:14

So he went and got the goats. He brought them to his mother. And she prepared some tasty food. She made it just the way his father liked it.

Proverbs 23:1

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what’s in front of you.

Proverbs 23:20

Don’t join those who drink too much wine. Don’t join those who stuff themselves with meat.

1 Corinthians 9:27

No, I train my body and bring it under control. Then after I have preached to others, I myself will not break the rules. If I did break them, I would fail to win the prize.

Philippians 3:19

The only thing they have coming to them is death. Their stomach is their god. They brag about what they should be ashamed of. They think only about earthly things.