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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
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TEXT Proverbs 23:13-23
13.
Withhold not correction from the child;
For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol...
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My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
MY SON, IF THINE HEART BE WISE, MY HEART SHALL REJOICE. Resumption of
the appeal, . 'Lord, let thy blessing so accompany my endeav...
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
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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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But you will be glad if your child learns to be wise. You will be
especially glad if you had to punish your child. You must teach your
child to be wise. You must teach the child to respect God. And if...
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בְּ֭נִי אִם ־חָכַ֣ם לִבֶּ֑ךָ
יִשְׂמַ֖ח לִבִּ֣י...
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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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MY SON, IF THINE HEART BE WISE,.... To that which is good; so as from
it to understand in a spiritual and experimental manner things divine
and heavenly; he may be said to have a wise heart who knows...
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V. 15. MY SON, IF THINE HEART BE WISE, as the result of wholesome
teaching here offered, MY HEART SHALL REJOICE, EVEN MINE, for such is
the effect of successful teaching upon the instructor....
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EVEN MINE:
Or, even I will rejoice...
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In the good success of my counsels, and in thy piety and happiness,
which is as truly desirable and pleasant to me as my own....
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Proverbs 23:15 son H1121 heart H3820 wise H2449 (H8804) heart H3820
rejoice H8055 myself H589
My son -...
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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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_My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine._
THE HAPPY PARENT
I. The attainment required. A pious youth is said to be wise in heart.
1. To show us that religion is wisdom....
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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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1 John 2:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:20; 1
Thessalonians 3:8;...