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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Prov 23:2
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Prov 23:2 · Douay-Rheims
“And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.”
On this verse:
“put a knife--an Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.