Proverbs 23:2 (BSB)

and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

From Proverbs 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 23:2

• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 23:2: And put a knife to thy throat,.... Refrain from too much talk at the table; give not too loose to thy tongue, but bridle it, considering in whose presence thou art; do not use too much freedom, either with the ruler or fellow guests; which, when persons have ate and drank well, they are too apt to do, and sometimes say things offensive to one...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 23:2: put a knife--an Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 23:2: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [art] a man given to appetite. (b) Bridle your appetite, as if by force and violence.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 23:1-3: Pro 23:1-3 Pro 22:29, which speaks of a high position near the king, is appropriately followed by a hexastich referring to the slipperiness of the smooth ground of the king’s court. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well whom thou hast before thee. 2 And put thy knife to thy throat If thou art a man of good appetite.