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Verse Proverbs 23:31. _LOOK NOT THOU UPON THE WINE_] Let neither the
_colour_, the _odour_, the _sparkling_, c., of the wine, when poured
out, induce thee to drink of it. However _good_ and _pure_ it...
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Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims.
Proverbs 23:16
The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15
receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter...
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CHAPTER 23 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED
The opening proverbs of this chapter treat of self-restraint in
curbing the appetite and give manners to be observed in the presence
of a superior. Warnings against r...
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It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning
against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that
case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what
(_m...
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HIS COLOUR. its sparkle....
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_moveth itself aright_ So R.V. marg.; but R.V. text, GOETH DOWN
SMOOTHLY, as the same expression is rendered in Song of Solomon, Song
of Solomon 7:9 [Hebrews 10], A.V. and R.V....
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LOOK NOT THOU UPON THE WINE, &C.— Red wine is more esteemed in the
east than white; and we are told in the travels of Olearius, that it
is customary with the Armenian Christians in Persia, to put Braz...
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TEXT Proverbs 23:24-35
24.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
25.
Let thy father and thy mother be glad,
And let her that...
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Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
LOOK NOT THOU UPON THE WINE WHEN IT IS RED. Do not be caught by its
beautiful colour...
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
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GIVETH HIS COLOUR] i.e. sparkles. MOVETH ITSELF ARIGHT] RV 'goeth down
smoothly.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 23
V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful!
Think, before you eat!...
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Wine may look attractive. But it causes many troubles. When a person
begins to drink alcohol, that person sometimes cannot stop. This is an
illness called ‘alcoholism’. If someone cannot control alcoh...
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WHEN IT GIVETH ITS COLOUR. — Or _sparkles._
WHEN IT MOVETH ITSELF ARIGHT. — Or, _when it glides easily_ down the
throat....
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אַל ־תֵּ֥רֶא יַיִן֮ כִּ֪י
יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם כִּֽי...
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CHAPTER 24
EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD
"Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he
will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6
"Withhold not correction from the...
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At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the
Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the
teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
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_Yellow. Or bright, as it is said there is only one red wine in
Palestine. --- Pleasantly. Hebrew, "it goeth right," and is excellent.
(Calmet)_...
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Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be
not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard
and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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LOOK NOT THOU UPON THE WINE WHEN IT IS RED,.... Or, "because it is
red" r; or shows itself red. Which was the only wine used in the land
of Canaan, or, however, the most esteemed of, and that most of...
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_Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright._
Ver. 31. _Look not thou upon the wine._] Many men die of the wound in
the eye. It i...
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_Look not thou upon the wine_ Earnestly, so as to inflame thine
appetite toward it; in which sense men are forbidden _to look upon a
woman, Job 31:1_; Matthew 5:28. _When it is red_ Which was the colo...
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LOOK NOT THOU UPON THE WINE EARNESTLY, so as to inflame thine appetite
towards it; in which sense men are forbidden to look upon a woman, JOB
31:1 MATTHEW 5:28. WHEN IT IS RED; which was the colour of...
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Proverbs 23:31 look H7200 (H8799) wine H3196 red H119 (H8691) sparkles
H5414 (H8799) H5869
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: The indulgence of the appetites is a sin that easily
besets us. We should apprehend ourselves to be in danger when...
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Proverbs 23:1. _When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,_ and hast a
princely feast before thee of meats and wines, _put a knife to thy
throat, if thou be a man given to appetite._ How many have stained...
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_They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine._
THE WOES OF THE DRUNKARD
The ugly sketch given here should be enough to warn all young people
against tampering with a vice which...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 23:30. MIXED WINE—_i.e._, wine mixed with strong spices.
PROVERBS 23:31. WHEN IT GIVETH HIS COLOUR, etc., literally, “When it
showeth its eye.” This may refer to its _bright...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 23:1
A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding
chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his
talents had made the guest of kings....
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Now the next three verses are coupled together.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before
thee: And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to
appetite. Be not de...
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1 John 2:16; 2 Samuel 11:2; Job 33:1; Mark 9:47; Matthew 5:28;...
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Red — Which was the colour of the best wines in that country. Aright
— When it sparkles, and seems to smile upon a man....