Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 23:1
What is before thee - Beware lest dainties tempt thee to excess. Or, “consider diligently who is before thee,” the character and temper of the ruler who invites thee.
What is before thee - Beware lest dainties tempt thee to excess. Or, “consider diligently who is before thee,” the character and temper of the ruler who invites thee.
CHAPTER XXIII _Sobriety in eating and drinking, especially at the tables of_ _the great. Have no fellowship with the covetous. Remove not the_ _ancient landmark. Children should receive due correct...
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...
WHEN. Forasmuch as. Taking the act for granted. THOU. The second person is continued down to Proverbs 23:24. CONSIDER. Discern. WHAT: or, who....
_what_ Rather, WHO. Be continually on your guard; let not the luxury that surrounds you betray you into forgetting in whose presence you are, for the favour of a ruler, an Eastern despot, is a dangero...
WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER, &C.— There are two evils to be avoided at the tables of the great: the one is, too much talking; the other, too much eating: the wise man exhorts his disciple 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....
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER (TAKING UP , END), CONSIDER DILIGENTLY WHAT (FOOD OR DAINTY) IS BEFORE THEE - s...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...
A ruler does not invite you so that you can taste his fine food. He invites you because he wants to discuss serious matters with you. You should not think much about his food or his wine. But you must...
XXIII. (1) CONSIDER DILIGENTLY WHAT IS BEFORE THEE, — Rather, _Who is before thee;_ that thy host is not an equal, but one who, if offended, might do thee deadly harm....
כִּֽי ־תֵ֭שֵׁב לִ לְחֹ֣ום אֶת ־מֹושֵׁ֑ל בִּ֥י
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...
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, (a) consider diligently what [is] before thee: (a) Eat with sobriety....
_Sit. Saul sat at table, and the custom of lying down was adopted only a little while before the captivity. It was recent among the Romans. (Calmet) --- Soliti patres considere mensis. (Virgil, \'c6ne...
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...
WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER,.... Either a supreme ruler, a king, or a subordinate ruler, a nobleman, a judge, a civil magistrate, a person of honour, dignity, and authority; and to sit at ta...
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: Ver. 1. _When thou sittest to eat._] See my Common Place of Abstinence. _ Consider diligently what is before thee._]...
_When thou sittest to eat with a ruler_ When thou art invited to the table of a great man; _consider diligently what is before thee_ What things, what plenty and variety of meats and drinks, by which...
V. 1. WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER, with a person of influence and power, CONSIDER DILIGENTLY WHAT IS BEFORE THEE, keeping in mind throughout the dinner that it is a mightier and loftier one...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 23 WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER, when thou art invited to a feast with a great man, CONSIDER DILIGENTLY WHAT IS BEFORE THEE; either 1. What person or persons. Or rather, 2....
Proverbs 23:1 down H3427 (H8799) eat H3898 (H8800) ruler H4910 (H8802) Consider H995 (H8799) carefully...
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...
_Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite._ MODERATION This virtue the people of God ought to practise in everything. They should exercise self-government in the desire, the use...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:1 The rich host may be using his wealth to manipulate his less-wealthy guests to do his bidding. His hospitality is DECEPTIVE....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 23:1. WHEN THOU SITTEST, etc. Miller here translates “_Forasmuch as thou sittest_,” and applying the word _ruler_ to God gives to the proverb a meaning entirely different fr...
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...
Genesis 43:32; Jude 1:12...
Ruler — With a great man....