...very just then, in our translators, to render this word by a more extensive term in Prov. xxiii. 3, " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee," v. 1. " Be not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meat," v. 3. It is translated in much...

...mother to shame. Correct thy son and he shall give thee rest ; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul, When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently...to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meat." Upon this our respectable old friend...

...that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man ; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich (xxi; 17). When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently...to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are decitful meat (xxiii. 1-3). Eat not thou the bread of...

...safety if of the LORD. SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE. MORNING. Proverbs XXIII. WHEN thou sittest to cat 0( 6 Be not desirous of his dainties : for they are deceitful meat. Labour not to be rich : cease from thine...

...our laurels in the regions where Toby and mamma preside, notwithstanding a wise man has written, " put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite," and a wit said in the teeth of the proverb, " qu'un euisinier est un mortel divin." Now, although I...

...properties as instructed by the wise man. Not to attempt to mend him! He is an incurable! But rather, "Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite." Self—that is, the old nature, must be dealt with as a deadly enemy, or beware, while thou art parleying...

...preceding parts, and contains moral instruction for all the different stages of life.' CHAPTER XXIII. gether in unity I : 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties...

...saith the Lord." This meaning violates no precept, and is the sense of the passage. Prov. xxiii. 2, " Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite." This is not an exhortation to suicide, but a warning against gluttony. FOUBTH EXCEPTION. The literal...

...Rabbi Meir to fetch wine from among the Cutheans: 'He was met by a certain old man12 who said to him, PUT A KNIFE TO THY THROAT IF THOU BE A MAN GIVEN TO APPETITE (Pr. 23:2). Wherupon R. Simeon b. Eleazar returned and reported the matter to Rabbi Meir, who thereupon...

...diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings: he shall not stand before mean men. CHAPTER 23 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties:...