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Verse Proverbs 23:29. _WHO HATH WO?_] I believe Solomon refers here
to the natural effects of drunkenness. And perhaps אוי _oi_, which
we translate _wo_, and אבוי _aboi_, which we translate _sorrow_,...
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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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_woe … sorrow_ Lit. OH!… ALAS!
_babbling_ Rather, CONTENTIONS, as the same Heb. word is rendered in
Proverbs 18:19; the _quarrelsomeness_of the man in drink, leading to
_pugnacity_, and so to "wounds...
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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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Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath
babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
WHO HATH SORROW? - Hebrew, aboi; an interjection of sorrow arising...
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23:29 sorrow? (g-6) Lit. 'Whose is, ''Oh!'' Whose is, ''woe is me!''?'
redness (h-16) Or 'darkening.'...
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'Complaining'—not BABBLING—arises amongst boon companions. REDNESS
OF EYES] is due to dissipation....
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
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The writer points out a group of people. They are sad. They argue.
They cry. Perhaps we suppose that a terrible event has happened....
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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!...
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WOUNDS WITHOUT CAUSE? — Which might have been avoided, and which
serve no good end.
REDNESS OF EYES? — Rather, _dimness.
_...
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לְ מִ֨י אֹ֥וי לְ מִ֪י אֲבֹ֡וי לְ...
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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
followe...
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WHO HATH WOE?.... In this world and in the other, in body and soul;
diseases of body, distress of mind, waste of substance, and all manner
of evils and calamities; if any man has these, the drunkard h...
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Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath
babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Ver. 29. _Who hath woe? who hath sorrow?_] Whoredom is usually
ushered...
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_Who hath wo?_ From the sin of lewdness, he proceeds to that of
drunkenness, which frequently accompanies it. As if he had said, If
thou intendest to avoid such filthy practices, avoid intemperance; t...
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V. 29. WHO HATH WOE? WHO HATH SORROW, or grief? The Hebrew notes the
moaning by giving the sighs Ah! and Alas! WHO HATH CONTENTIONS? being
most easily involved in quarrels. WHO HATH BABBLING? said of...
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From the sin of lust he proceeds to that of drunkenness, which doth
frequently accompany it. BABBLING the sin of much and impertinent
talking; or, _tumultuous noise or clamour_, which is usual among
d...
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Proverbs 23:29 woe H188 sorrow H17 contentions H4079 (H8675) H4066
complaints H7879 wounds H6482 cause H2600 redne
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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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_They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine._
THE WOES OF THE DRUNKARD
The ugly sketch given here should be enough to warn all young people
against tampering with a vice which...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 23:30. MIXED WINE—_i.e._, wine mixed with strong spices.
PROVERBS 23:31. WHEN IT GIVETH HIS COLOUR, etc., literally, “When it
showeth its eye.” This may refer to its _bright...
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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 Kings 20:16; 1 Samuel 25:36; 1 Samuel 25:37; 2 Samuel 13:28;...