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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...
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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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REINS. kidneys. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct),
App-6, for affections and impulses....
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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...
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Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
YEA, MY REINS (THE SEAT OF THE AFFECTIONS) SHALL REJOICE WHEN THY
LIPS SPEAK RIGHT THINGS. True wisdom begins at the heart (); its
cr...
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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!
V2 If you might be greedy, then hold your knife near your neck!...
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MY REINS SHALL REJOICE. — These being represented in Hebrew poetry
as the seat of the deepest affections, answering to “heart” in
Proverbs 23:15. (Comp. Psalms 7:9; Jeremiah 12:2; Revelation 2:23.)...
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וְ תַעְלֹ֥זְנָה כִלְיֹותָ֑י בְּ
דַבֵּ֥ר שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָ מֵישָׁרִֽים׃...
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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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_Reins. Inmost affections._...
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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
follow...
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YEA, MY REINS SHALL REJOICE,.... Which is only another phrase
expressive of the same thing, and confirming the greatness of joy on
the above occasion; not only his heart rejoiced, which was
affectiona...
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V. 16. YEA, MY REINS, his whole inner being, SHALL REJOICE WHEN THY
LIPS SPEAK RIGHT THINGS, in an outward manifestation of the wisdom of
the heart....
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I shall rejoice not only in show and profession, but inwardly, and
with all my soul....
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Proverbs 23:16 being H3629 rejoice H5937 (H8799) lips H8193 speak
H1696 (H8763) things H4339
thy - Proverbs 8:6; Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 5:4; Colossians 4:4;
James 3:2...
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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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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...
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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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Colossians 4:4; Ephesians 4:29; Ephesians 5:4; James 3:2; Proverbs 8:6...
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My reins — I shall rejoice with all my soul....