...Secondly, the King observes the behaviour of his guests. It was excellent advice of the wise man, " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee ;" and again, " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give...

...diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAP. XXIII. 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 & man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of bis dainties...

...yours, JAMES M. LITTEN." ARTICLE XXV. ALIMENTIVENESS : ITS DEFINITION, LOCATION, AND ADAPTATION. " Put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite." APPETITE ; the FEEDING instinct; desire for NUTRITION ; HUNGER, or CRAVING for food; a HEARTY RELISH...

...It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honour of kings is to search out a matter." — " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently...to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite." — " Buy the truth, and sell it not."—" A whore is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow...

...like an adder. Thine eye shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things'. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : and put a knife in thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties ; for they are deceitful...

...CHAPTER XXIII. 1 WHEN thou sittest down 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. 4 Labour not to be rich ; Cease...

...affording a rare specimen of that very rare class who can follow the injunction of the wise man. 1 Put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite." In the full tide of business, he could calmly stand still, and say " It is enough." And yet had his...

...the satisfaction of it is also a blessing. Without it the best food is tasteless and loathsome. "But when thou sittest to "eat with a ruler, consider diligently...to thy throat if thou be a man given to ''appetite. "\ Zdly, The body is refreshed and nourished. Good and wholesome food may be eaten and nourishment...

...Ischuria had opium -yjr = 1 part in * " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what it before thee ; and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite. B* not desirous of Mi dainties, for they »re deceitful meat."—PTOT. XXIII. i, *, ». 18»0. Dotet...

...the danger of being drawn to intemperance, and the abominableness and danger of that vice. Ver. 2. And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite, A man given to appetite is in great danger of running to excess on such an occasion ; for his fleshly...