 | John Gregory - 1837 - 126 ページ
...writers. And one of them recommends to the ^temperate man, 'when thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, and put a...thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite.'— Prov. xxxiii. 1,2. I would have all victims of intemperance follow this injunction; but 1 would not... | |
 | Edward Pelham BRENTON - 1837 - 260 ページ
...CHAP. xxin. Ver. 1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee. 2. And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3. Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat. 21. The drunkard and the glutton shall... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1838 - 330 ページ
...at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness. ' When thou sittest to eat, consider diligently what is before thee ; and put...to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite : and be not desirous of dainties; for they are deceitful meat. 4 Be not drunk with wine, wherein is... | |
 | John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 ページ
...loveth wine'' and oil 1 shall not be rich*. Prov. xxiii. 1, 2, When thou sittest to eat with a ruler 7 , consider diligently what is before thee*; And put...to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite*. 20, 21, Be not among wine-bibbers'; among riotous eaters of flesh*: For the drunkard^ and the glutton'... | |
 | 1840 - 504 ページ
...bids us dread an indulgence in the creatures worse than death, by a strong figurative expression : " And put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite" or excess. It recommends the rich to reserve out of their abundance somewhat considerable to " the... | |
 | William James E. Bennett - 1842 - 410 ページ
...i. 26-31.) The Spirit of Purity. I. IN RESPECT OF TEMPERANCE. "When thou sittestto eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee; and put a...dainties; for they are deceitful meat." (Prov. xxiii. 1-3.) " Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 ページ
...When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, wisdom of thy words. 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties : for they are deceitful meat. 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from... | |
 | Benjamin Elliott Nicholls - 1842 - 216 ページ
...business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. (Explained p. 16.) xxiii. 2. Put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite. (Explained p. 45.) Illustrations from Scripture. Abraham's servant, who, as appears from Gen. xxiv.... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 ページ
...upright, he directeth (or considereth) his way.—Prov. xxi. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, and put a knife to thy throat, &c.—Prov. xxiii. 1, -. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God : and be more ready to hear,... | |
 | Gabriele Paleotti, Joseph Mendham - 1842 - 702 ページ
...1, under r 1 ;: . : лп» ce: fea г« -ph pe rocí . — Prov. xxiii. 2. And put a restraint (not a knife) to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. — f.irHairtl't Lexicon, p. S23, under je. V •.••••. v.. Primer, »0, Grtat New Street,... | |
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consider diligently what is before thee, and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties, for they are deceitful meat. 
