George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 23:32
Basilisk, ( regulus). Hebrew Tsiphoni, (Haydock) as asp. (Cerastes, &c.) (Psalm xc. 13.)
Basilisk, ( regulus). Hebrew Tsiphoni, (Haydock) as asp. (Cerastes, &c.) (Psalm xc. 13.)
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...
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...
AT THE LAST IT BITETH, &C.— "Remember that the pleasure will be attended at last with intolerable pains when it works like so much poison in thy veins, and casts thee into troubles as keen, and diseas...
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...
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. STINGETH LIKE AN ADDER - Hebrew, tsip`oniy (H6848); the basilisk (Bochart); a viper (Maurer)....
23:32 last (k-3) Or 'in result;' lit. 'in its end.' as ver. 18....
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
The writer tells us about a drunk’s strange experiences. If someone has an alcohol problem, that person should obtain help early. That person should not wait until they suffer these strange experience...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...
אַ֭חֲרִיתֹו כְּ נָחָ֣שׁ יִשָּׁ֑ךְ וּֽ כְ צִפְ
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...
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...
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...
AT THE LAST IT BITETH LIKE A SERPENT,.... Though it goes down sweetly, yet it leaves a sting behind it, intemperately drank; a nausea in the stomach, a stink in the breath, pains and giddiness in the...
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Ver. 32. _At the last it biteth like a serpent._] Lo, such is the guilt of sin, such the end and effect of drunkenness - torments her...
_Look not thou upon the wine_ Earnestly, so as to inflame thine appetite toward it; in which sense men are forbidden _to look upon a woman, Job 31:1_; Matthew 5:28. _When it is red_ Which was the colo...
V. 32. AT THE LAST IT BITETH LIKE A SERPENT, its ruinous and destructive influence becoming evident afterward, AND STINGETH LIKE AN ADDER, whose venom had a most deadly effect....
AN ADDER: Or, a cockatrice...
It hurts the body in many respects, impairs the rigour of the mind, wastes the estate and reputation, wounds the conscience, and, without repentance, will destroy the soul....
Proverbs 23:32 last H319 bites H5391 (H8799) serpent H5175 stings H6567 (H8686) viper H6848 At -...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Amos 5:19; Amos 9:3; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Exodus 7:12; Exodus 7:5;...