Solomon
Proverbs 23:1KJV·traditional attribution
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Geneva Bible Notes Reformed
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: (a) Eat with sobriety.
Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran
Pro 23:1-3 Pro 22:29, which speaks of a high position near the king, is appropriately followed by a hexastich referring to the slipperiness of the smooth ground of the king’s court. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider well whom thou hast before thee. 2 And put thy knife to thy throat If thou art a man of good appetite.
Commenting on Proverbs 23:1-3