THEOSISProverbs 23:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.
וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ שַׂכִּ֣ין בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָ אִם־בַּ֖עַל נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָֽתָּה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Phil 3:19Whose end is destruction: whose God is their belly: and whose glory is in their shame: who mind earthly things.
- Matt 18:8And if thy hand, or thy foot, scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.
- Matt 18:9And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
- 1 Cor 9:27But I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.