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Proverbs 23:4
v. 4. Labor not to be rich, the vanity of such an ambition being obvious; cease from thine own wisdom, having enough common sense not to make the acquisition of riches the chief aim in life.
v. 4. Labor not to be rich, the vanity of such an ambition being obvious; cease from thine own wisdom, having enough common sense not to make the acquisition of riches the chief aim in life.
Verse Proverbs 23:4. _LABOUR NOT TO BE RICH_] Let not this be thy object. Labour to provide things _honest_ in the sight of God and all men; and if thou get wealth, do not forget the _poor_, else God'...
CEASE FROM THINE OWN WISDOM - i. e., “Cease from the use of what is in itself most excellent, if it only serves to seek after wealth, and so ministers to evil.” There is no special contrast between “t...
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...
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...
LABOUR NOT, &C. Illustrations: Lot (Genesis 13:10; Genesis 13:13); the rich fool (Luke 12:16. Compare Proverbs 10:16). See Jeremiah's adv
_Labour not_ Rather, WEARY NOT THYSELF, R.V., as the same Heb. word is rendered "till his hand _was weary_," 2 Samuel 23:10; "_be weary_," Isaiah 40:30-31. Comp. John 6:27;...
LABOUR NOT TO BE RICH— In this admonition against covetousness, the wise man neither forbids all labour, nor a provident care, which he commends in other places; but only represents how vain it is to...
CHAPTER 23 TEXT Proverbs 23:1-12 1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler Consider diligently him that is before thee; 2. And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. 3....
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. LABOUR NOT TO BE RICH ( ; ); CEASE FROM THINE OWN WISDOM - from that wisdom of thine whereby thou labourest to be rich, as thy first aim. Solomon...
23:4 intelligence. (a-11) See Note, ch. 3.5....
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
CEASE, etc.] i.e. desist from the attempt to be rich. 6-8. Estimate the niggard according to his thoughts, rather than his words. Your pleasant conversation is wasted labour. 10, 11. Read, 'The landm...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...
The Book of Proverbs encourages us to work hard. But some people work too hard, because they want to become wealthy. These people suffer because they use all their energy in their work. Their families...
CEASE FROM THINE OWN WISDOM. — Cleverness shewn in piling up wealth....
אַל ־תִּיגַ֥ע לְֽ הַעֲשִׁ֑יר מִֽ בִּינָתְךָ֥...
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...
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...
Labour not to be rich: cease from thy own (d) wisdom. (d) Bestow not the gifts that God has given you, to get worldly riches....
_Prudence. Be more solicitous for this, than to acquire riches. (Calmet) --- Yet this wisdom must be sober, Romans xii. 3., and 1 Timothy vi. 9. Septuagint, "being poor, do not stretch forth thyself t...
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitf...
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...
LABOUR NOT TO BE RICH,.... In an immoderate over anxious way and manner, to a weariness, as the word u signifies, and even as to gape for breath men ought to labour, that they may have wherewith to su...
_Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom._ Ver. 4. _Labour not to be rich._] The courtier is still at his lesson. Many have gotten into princes' palaces, into places of profit, fat offices...
_Labour not_ Hebrew, אל תיגע, _Do not weary thyself_, namely, with immoderate cares and labours, as many covetous men do; _to be rich_ To raise an estate, and make thy property abundantly more than it...
LABOUR NOT, Heb. _Do not weary thyself with immoderate cares and labours_, as many covetous men do. FROM THINE OWN WISDOM; from that carnal wisdom which is natural to man in his corrupt estate, which...
Proverbs 23:4 overwork H3021 (H8799) rich H6238 (H8687) understanding H998 cease H2308 (H8798) Labour -...
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...
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...
_Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom._ MAMMON All the precepts of Scripture have their origin in the benevolence of God. Man labours to be rich because he is voluntarily ignorant or f...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:4 The workaholic is encouraged to BE DISCERNING ENOUGH TO DESIST in his pursuit of wealth. SUDDENLY IT SPROUTS WINGS. Wealth is fleeting; there should come a point where a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 23:5. WILT THOU SET THINE EYES? etc. Rather “_Wilt thou look eagerly after it, and it is gone?_” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 23:4_ THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES In order to...
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....
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...
1 Timothy 6:8; Isaiah 5:21; John 6:27; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 28:20
Thine own wisdom — From worldly wisdom, which persuades men to use all possible means to get riches....