And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, such as his father hath loved;
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,
Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
but I chastise my body, and bring it into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.
whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.