231 When you sit to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before you; 2 put a knife to your throat,
if you are a man given to appetite.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:1-2

Commentary on Proverbs 23:1-3

(Read Proverbs 23:1-3)

God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm.