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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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_shall … shall_ Rather, LET _thy father_… and LET _her_&c. It is
an exhortation to the son to verify by his own conduct the statement
of the preceding verse. "Quod cum ita sit, da operam ut parentibus...
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TEXT Proverbs 23:24-35
24.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
25.
Let thy father and thy mother be glad,
And let her that...
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Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall
rejoice.
THY FATHER ... AND SHE THAT BARE THEE (WITH MANY PAINS) SHALL
REJOICE. There is no better way in which thou canst rep...
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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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יִֽשְׂמַח ־אָבִ֥יךָ וְ אִמֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝
תָגֵ֗ל יֹֽולַדְתֶּֽךָ׃...
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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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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...
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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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THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER SHALL BE GLAD,.... That, is when thou art
righteous and wise; see Proverbs 10:1; or "let thy father and thy
mother be glad" e; do everything that may make their hearts glad,...
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_Hearken unto thy father that begat thee_ And who, therefore, desires
and seeks thy good in all his counsels; _and despise not thy mother
when she is old_ When the infirmity of age is added to that of...
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V. 25. THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER SHALL BE GLAD, AND SHE THAT BARE THEE
SHALL REJOICE, this fact being urged in order to stimulate the
children in true pious conduct. cf Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20;...
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THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER SHALL BE GLAD; he repeateth this again, as a
powerful argument to prevail with all children that are not void of
natural affection, to labour to be wise and good, that so the...
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Proverbs 23:25 father H1 mother H517 glad H8055 (H8799) bore H3205
(H8802) rejoice H1523 (H8799)
and she - Proverbs 17:25; 1 Chronicles 4:9-10; Luke 1:31-33, Luke
1:40-47,...
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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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_Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall
rejoice._
FILIAL PIETY
Respect and love for parents are not, indeed, the motives which
operate with the greatest force upon min...
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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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1 Chronicles 4:10; 1 Chronicles 4:9; Luke 1:31; Luke 1:40; Luke 1:58;
Luke 11:27; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 17:25...