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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
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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....
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_APPLY THINE HEART UNTO INSTRUCTION, AND THINE EARS TO THE WORDS OF
KNOWLEDGE._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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23:12 instruction, (b-5) Or 'correction.' see ver. 13 and ch. 1.2....
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
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Sometimes you need to punish a child with a smack. A smack will not
kill your child. But a smack will teach him the right way to behave.
And your child will learn how to live wisely. Your punishment n...
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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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הָבִ֣יאָה לַ † מּוּסָ֣ר לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝
אָזְנֶ֗ךָ...
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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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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...
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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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APPLY THINE HEART UNTO INSTRUCTION,.... To the instruction of parents,
and to the instruction of ministers of the word; to the Scriptures,
which are profitable to instruction in righteousness; to the...
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Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of
knowledge.
Ver. 12. _Apply thy heart unto instruction._] Make thine heart to come
to it - though never so averse. Call in thy scatte...
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APPLY THINE HEART UNTO INSTRUCTION; content not thyself with outward
hearing or reading of it, but affectionately receive it into thine
heart, and lay it up there as choice treasure....
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Proverbs 23:12 Apply H935 (H8685) heart H3820 instruction H4148 ears
H241 words H561 knowledge H1847...
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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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_Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of
knowledge._
SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE
I. Because of its own worth. A knowledge of the creation, its
elements, laws, objects, extent, is...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:12 Wisdom cannot be acquired without
determination.
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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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Ezekiel 33:31; James 1:21; Matthew 13:52; Proverbs 2:2; Proverbs