Appetite

Proverbs 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Appetite ➡ The natural desire of pleasure or good; the desire of gratification, either of the body or of the mind. Appetites are natural or artificial. Hunger and thirst are natural appetites; the appetites for olives, tobacco, snuff, &c. are artificial.⬅

This appetite here is watching what one says or talks about while eating at the table. But we see there are natural appetites and there are artificial appetites as over indulging in alcohol.

Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Here we see one who not only talks to much but they also have woe,sorrow, contention, babbling, wounds, redness of eyes.

Woe ➡ results ⬅

Contention ➡ Strife; struggle; a violent effort to obtain something, or to resist a person, claim or injury; contest; quarrel⬅

Babbling ➡ foolish talk, telling secrets⬅

What's the cause of sorrow, struggling, foolish talking, wounds with redness of the eyes

Proverbs 23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Tarry ➡ To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.⬅

The person that stayed to long at the bar which set off a fire within then that caused them to desire more. One drink is to many and a 1000 is not enough once you start. Don't be given over to a wrongful and weak appetite.

Wherever you are, be all there." Jim Elliot