George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 23:11
Kinsman. Hebrew Gaal, "tutor, defendant, or redeemer," the Lord (Haydock) himself, Leviticus xxv. 25.
Kinsman. Hebrew Gaal, "tutor, defendant, or redeemer," the Lord (Haydock) himself, Leviticus xxv. 25.
Verse Proverbs 23:11. _FOR THEIR REDEEMER_ IS _MIGHTY_] גאלם _goalam_, their _kinsman_. The word means the person who has a right, being next in blood, to _redeem a field_ or _estate_, alienated from...
The reason is given for the precept Proverbs 23:10. THEIR REDEEMER - See Job 19:25 note. It was the duty of the גאל _gā'al_, the next of kin, to take on himself, in case of murder, the office of aven...
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...
REDEEMER. kinsman-redeemer. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See note on Exodus 6:6; Exodus 13:13....
_their Redeemer_ viz. God, who is "a Father of the fatherless," Psalms 68:5. The Heb. word is _Goel_, and there is probably an allusion to the _Goel_among men, the nearest blood relation, whose duty i...
CHAPTER 23 TEXT Proverbs 23:1-12 1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler Consider diligently him that is before thee; 2. And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. 3....
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: ENTER NOT INTO THE FIELDS OF THE FATHERLESS (IN ORDER TO APPROPRIATE THEIR PROPERTY, AS THINKING THEY HAVE NONE TO DEFE...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
As in Proverbs 22:28, Solomon reminds us that the boundaries in Israel mattered to God in a special way. But verses 10-11 are also about a child that has no father. Perhaps the child’s father died. No...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...
THEIR REDEEMER IS MIGHTY. — They may have no near kinsman (Leviticus 25:25) to redeem their land, yet they have a mighty Deliverer (Exodus 6:6), who will redress their wrongs....
כִּֽי ־גֹאֲלָ֥ם חָזָ֑ק הֽוּא ־יָרִ֖יב אֶת ־רִ
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...
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...
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...
FOR THEIR REDEEMER [IS] MIGHTY,.... As he must needs be, since the Lord of hosts is his name; who sympathizes with them, has mercy on them, is their father, and their friend; see Jeremiah 50:34; HE S...
For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. Ver. 11. _For their Redeemer is mighty._] "The thunder of his power who can understand?" Job 26:14 And "who knoweth the power of...
_Enter not into the fields of the fatherless_ Either to take away their goods, or rather, to possess their lands, as this phrase is used, 2 Samuel 5:6. _For their Redeemer is mighty_ Hebrew, גאלם, _th...
V. 11. FOR THEIR REDEEMER, their Avenger, the one who champions their cause, IS MIGHTY; for it is the Lord Himself who acts as their vindicator; HE SHALL PLEAD THEIR CAUSE WITH THEE, appearing as the...
THEIR REDEEMER, Heb. _their near kinsman_, to whom it belongs to avenge their wrongs, and to recover and maintain their rights, of which see LEVITICUS 25:25 NUMBERS 35:12. Thus God is pleased to call...
Proverbs 23:11 Redeemer H1350 (H8802) mighty H2389 plead H7378 (H8799) cause H7379 P
REDEEMER Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
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...
_Their Redeemer is mighty._ SOCIAL INJUSTICE I. Social injustice indicated. “Remove not the old landmarks.” What are the landmarks? The rights of man as man. 1. Every man has a right to personal fr...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:10 The REDEEMER of the FATHERLESS is the Lord himself (see Psalms 19:14;...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 23:11. THEIR REDEEMER. Their _Goel_, or Avenger. In the Hebrew law this word is applied to the nearest kinsman. (See Ruth 3:12.) _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 23:10_ THE RIG...
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...
Deuteronomy 27:19; Exodus 22:22; Jeremiah 50:33; Jeremiah 50:34;...
Redeemer — Heb. their near kinsman, to whom it belongs to avenge their wrongs, and to recover and maintain their rights....