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Verse Proverbs 23:8. _THE MORSEL_ WHICH _THOU HAST EATEN_] On
reflection thou wilt even blame thyself for having accepted his
invitation....
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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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The feast will be in every way a failure: the food that should nourish
will nauseate thee, and thy attempts at pleasant conversation will be
wasted....
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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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The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy
sweet words.
THE MORSEL (WHICH) THOU HAST EATEN SHALT THOU VOMIT UP. You will yet
have reason to wish you could give him back his...
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
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Some people pretend to be our friends. But they do not care about us.
They might say the right words. They might invite us to their homes.
But they do not want to share their possessions with us. Inst...
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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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SHALT THOU VOMIT UP. — Shalt be disgusted at having partaken of
hospitality which was not freely offered to thee.
AND LOSE THY SWEET WORDS. — All thy civil speeches and thanks for
the cold welcome th...
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פִּֽתְּךָ ־אָכַ֥לְתָּ תְקִיאֶ֑נָּה
וְ֝ שִׁחַ֗תָּ דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ...
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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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The (f) morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose
thy sweet words.
(f) He will not cease till he has done you some harm, and his
flattering words will come to no use....
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_Words. Thou wilt be disgusted, and repine, Ecclesiasticus xxxi. 25._...
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is
before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to
appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitf...
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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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THE MORSEL [WHICH] THOU HAST EATEN, SHALT THOU VOMIT UP,.... It shall
turn in thy stomach, thou shall not be able to keep it, when thou
understandest thou art not welcome; or thou wilt wish thou hadst...
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The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy
sweet words.
Ver. 8. _The morsel which thou hast eaten._] That is, that which thou
hast eaten, shall be so ill-sauced that thou sh...
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_Eat not thou the bread of him that hath an evil eye_ Of an envious or
covetous man, who secretly grudges thee the meat which is set before
thee. _For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he_ Thou must...
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When thou perceivest his churlish disposition and carriage, his meat
will be loathsome to thee, and thou wilt wish either that thou hadst
never eaten it, or that thou couldst vomit it up again. THY SW...
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Proverbs 23:8 morsel H6595 eaten H398 (H8804) up H6958 (H8686) waste
H7843 (H8765) pleasant H5273 words...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 23:6. HIM THAT HATH AN EVIL EYE—_i.e._, the jealous man.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 23:6_
FEIGNED GENEROSITY
I. MEN’S INWARD LIFE AND FEELINGS ARE OFTEN...
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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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2 Samuel 1:23; Ecclesiastes 3:7; Exodus 21:26; Genesis 18:5; Genesis
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Vomit up — When thou perceivest his churlish disposition, his meat
will be loathsome to thee. Sweet words — Thy pleasant discourse
wherewith thou didst design to delight and profit him....