Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Proverbs 23:20
winebibbers. Hebrew. yayin (App-27.) and saba' = drinkers to excess.
eaters of flesh. selfish eaters.
winebibbers. Hebrew. yayin (App-27.) and saba' = drinkers to excess.
eaters of flesh. selfish eaters.
Verse Proverbs 23:20. _BE NOT AMONG WINEBIBBERS_] There is much of this chapter spent in giving directions concerning _eating, drinking_, and _entertainments_ in general. First, the pupil is directed...
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...
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...
_riotous_ Rather, GLUTTONOUS, as the same word is rendered in Proverbs 23:21 and Deuteronomy 21:20, A.V....
BE NOT AMONGST WINE-BIBBERS, &C.— See the note on chap. Proverbs 15:17. The wise man almost throughout this whole chapter gives his disciple precepts respecting meals. First, he tells him of the manne...
TEXT Proverbs 23:13-23 13. Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. 14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol...
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: BE NOT ... AMONG RIOTOUS EATERS OF FLESH - literally, 'among, those who immoderately eat flesh for themselves' (). Maurer translates, 'among...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
The father warns his son. The son must not be greedy for food. And he must not be a drunk. This is because greedy people and drunks become lazy. They want only to eat and to drink. They do not want to...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...
אַל ־תְּהִ֥י בְ סֹֽבְאֵי ־יָ֑יִן בְּ זֹלֲלֵ֖י
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...
_Eat. Such feasts tend to corrupt the morals, and to misspend time._...
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...
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...
BE NOT AMONGST WINEBIBBERS,.... Who drink to excess, otherwise wine may be drank, provided moderation is used; but it is not good to be in company with, excessive drinkers of it, lost a habit of exces...
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: Ver. 20. _Be not among wine-bibbers._] Follow not the custom nor company of such; thou knowest not what thou mayest be drawn to do, though of...
_Hear and be wise_ Rest not in hearing, but see that thou grow wiser and better by it. _And guide thy heart in the way_ Order the whole course of thine affections and actions in God's way, often terme...
V. 20. BE NOT AMONG WINEBIBBERS, those given to intemperance in drinking, AMONG RIOTOUS EATERS OF FLESH, for these two forms of intemperance are usually found together;...
OF FLESH: _ Heb._ of their flesh...
Avoid their conversation and company, lest thou be either infected or injured by them....
Proverbs 23:20 winebibbers H3196 H5433 (H8802) eaters H2151 (H8802) meat H1320 not -...
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...
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...
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 Peter 4:3; 1 Peter 4:4; Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 5:11;...