Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. AND DROWSINESS (THE NATURAL EFFECT OF EXCESS IN EATING AND DRINKING, ) SHALL CLOTHE (A MAN) WITH RAGS - (.)...

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 it. REINS - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 ENVY SINNERS - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling whi

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. PROVERBS 23:1 WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER. This, of course, would be a great honour to a man of lowly birth, or to one of the middle class, to whom the manners of courts and palaces were practically unknown. CONSIDER DILIGENTLY WHAT IS BEFORE THEE. So the Vulgate, _Qua apposita sunt ante faciem tuam_;_ _and the Septuagint, Τὰ παρατιθέμενά σοι_. _Take heed lest the unusual dainties on the table tempt thee to excess, which may lead not only to unseemly behavi

FOR THE DRUNKARD AND THE GLUTTON SHALL COME TO POVERTY,.... They consuming their substance upon their bellies, in eating and drinking; see Proverbs 21:17; AND DROWSINESS SHALL CLOTHE [A MAN] WITH RAGS; excessive eating and drinking brings drowsiness on men, unfits them for business, and makes them idle and slothful; and spending all on their bellies, they have nothing for their backs, and are clothed in rags; see Proverbs 24:33....

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 riches and their uncertainty are contained in Proverbs 23:4 and Proverbs 23:5. How well it would be if the great mass of professing Christians, and some true believers also, would consider this instruction: “Labor not to be rich.” But this exhortation as well as the exhortation in 1Ti 6:1-10 is overlooked, and many who profess to have their riches in Christ, in the heavenly places and never ending glory, weary themselves with earthly gain, and aim to become wealthy. But riches have wings; they can fly away swiftly as does the eagle when he mounts heavenward. This too is mentioned in the epistle to Timoth

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 (_mg._) is set before thee, and in Proverbs 23:2 continue, For thou wilt put (_mg.)._ But possibly the general interpretation represented by RV is more suitable, and Proverbs 23:3 has come in by error from Proverbs 23:6, where it more naturally belongs. Proverbs 23:4 f. The uncertainty of riches. The general sense is clear, but the text is

POVERTY. dispossession. Hebrew. _yarash._ See note on Proverbs 6:11....

_drowsiness_ occasioned by excess of meat and drink. Comp. Luke 21:34....

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. 15. My son, if thy heart be wise, My hear will be glad, even mine. . 16. Yea, my heart will rejoice When thy lips speak right things. 17. Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long: 18. For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off. 19. Hear thou, my son, arid be wise, And guide thy heart in the way. 20. Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: 21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags

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