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Verse Proverbs 23:10. _REMOVE NOT THE OLD LANDMARK_] See the preceding
chapter, Proverbs 22:28.
_ENTER NOT INTO THE FIELDS OF THE FATHERLESS_] Take nothing that
belongs to an orphan. The heaviest cur...
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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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See Proverbs 22:28.
_enter not into_ to do him wrong as the parallelism implies....
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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....
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Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the
fatherless:
ENTER NOT INTO THE FIELDS OF THE FATHERLESS (IN ORDER TO APPROPRIATE
THEIR PROPERTY, AS THINKING THEY HAVE NONE TO DEFE...
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
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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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As in Proverbs 22:28, Solomon reminds us that the boundaries in Israel
mattered to God in a special way. But verses 10-11 are also about a
child that has no father. Perhaps the child’s father died. No...
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REMOVE NOT THE OLD LANDMARK. — See above, on Proverbs 22:28....
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אַל ־תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עֹולָ֑ם וּ בִ
שְׂדֵ֥י
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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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_Ones. Hebrew and Septuagint, "ancient boundaries."_...
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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...
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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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REMOVE NOT THE OLD LANDMARK,.... Proverbs 22:28;
AND ENTER NOT INTO THE FIELDS OF THE FATHERLESS; to carry off the
increase of them, to reap their wheat, or mow their grass, or turn in
cattle to eat...
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_Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the
fatherless:_
Ver. 10. _Remove not the ancient landmark._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro
22:28 _"_...
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_Enter not into the fields of the fatherless_ Either to take away
their goods, or rather, to possess their lands, as this phrase is
used, 2 Samuel 5:6. _For their Redeemer is mighty_ Hebrew, גאלם,
_th...
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V. 10. REMOVE NOT THE OLD LANDMARK, the boundary which was placed when
the land was first divided to the several families, AND ENTER NOT INTO
THE FIELDS OF THE FATHERLESS, for the purpose of changing...
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LANDMARK:
Or, bound...
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Either to take away their goods; or rather, to possess their lands, as
this phrase is used, 2 SAMUEL 5:6....
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Proverbs 23:10 remove H5253 (H8686) ancient H5769 landmark H1366 enter
H935 (H8799) fields H7704 fatherless H3490
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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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_Their Redeemer is mighty._
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
I. Social injustice indicated. “Remove not the old landmarks.”
What are the landmarks? The rights of man as man.
1. Every man has a right to personal fr...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:10 The REDEEMER of the FATHERLESS is
the Lord himself (see Psalms 19:14;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 23:11. THEIR REDEEMER. Their _Goel_, or Avenger. In the
Hebrew law this word is applied to the nearest kinsman. (See Ruth
3:12.)
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 23:10_
THE RIG...
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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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Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; James 1:27; Jeremiah 22:3;...
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Enter not — To possess their lands....