Proverbs 23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. AND DESPISE NOT THY MOTHER WHEN SHE IS OLD - as self-willed sons are apt to do, because of the feebleness of her sex and the inferiority of her authority to the father's....

Verse Proverbs 23:22. _DESPISE NOT THY MOTHER WHEN SHE IS OLD._] A very necessary caution, as _very old women_ are generally helpless, useless, and burdensome: yet these circumstances do not at all lessen the child's _duty_. And this _duty_ is strengthened by the Divine command here given....

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

HEARKEN UNTO THY FATHER THAT BEGAT THEE,.... And who has a true and hearty affection for thee, and whatever he says is for thy good and welfare, which he studies and has at heart; and who therefore also has an authority over thee, and what he enjoins ought to be strictly regarded; and, having lived longer in the world, must be thought to have a larger experience and knowledge of things, and therefore should be hearkened unto; AND DESPISE NOT THY MOTHER WHEN SHE IS OLD; despise not her counsels, instructions, and advice, though she is old; and because she is so, do not reject them as old wives' fables, or as the silly talk of an old woman, as young men are too apt to do....

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

HEARKEN. This determines the Structure (p. 891). THY FATHER. Note this mark of "Proverbs FOR Solomon"....

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....