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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Proverbs 23:12

Apply thine heart unto instruction; content not thyself with outward hearing or reading of it, but affectionately receive it into thine heart, and lay it up there as choice treasure.

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See also Proverbs 23:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _APPLY THINE HEART UNTO INSTRUCTION, AND THINE EARS TO THE WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    23:12 instruction, (b-5) Or 'correction.' see ver. 13 and ch. 1.2....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Sometimes you need to punish a child with a smack. A smack will not kill your child. But a smack will teach him the right way to behave. And your child will learn how to live wisely. Your punishment n...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הָבִ֣יאָה לַ † מּוּסָ֣ר לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝ אָזְנֶ֗ךָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    APPLY THINE HEART UNTO INSTRUCTION,.... To the instruction of parents, and to the instruction of ministers of the word; to the Scriptures, which are profitable to instruction in righteousness; to the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Ver. 12. _Apply thy heart unto instruction._] Make thine heart to come to it - though never so averse. Call in thy scatte...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 12. APPLY THINE HEART UNTO INSTRUCTION, paying willing attention to correction, AND THINE EARS TO THE WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE, those which teach prudence and circumspection....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 23:12 Apply H935 (H8685) heart H3820 instruction H4148 ears H241 words H561 knowledge H1847...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge._ SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE I. Because of its own worth. A knowledge of the creation, its elements, laws, objects, extent, is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:12 Wisdom cannot be acquired without determination. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 23:17. LET NOT THINE HEART ENVY, etc. The verb translated _envy_ refers to both objects in the verse, and is better translated “_strive after_.” Miller renders it “_be aglow...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 33:31; James 1:21; Matthew 13:52; Proverbs 2:2; Proverbs

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