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Verse Proverbs 23:22. _DESPISE NOT THY MOTHER WHEN SHE IS OLD._] A
very necessary caution, as _very old women_ are generally helpless,
useless, and burdensome: yet these circumstances do not at all le...
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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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HEARKEN. This determines the Structure (p. 891).
THY FATHER. Note this mark of "Proverbs FOR Solomon"....
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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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Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother
when she is old.
AND DESPISE NOT THY MOTHER WHEN SHE IS OLD - as self-willed sons are
apt to do, because of the feebleness of he...
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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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If the son loves his parents, then he should listen to them. He should
obey their instructions. And he should learn to be wise. Then his
parents will be glad. They will have great joy, because their s...
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שְׁמַ֣ע לְ֭ אָבִיךָ זֶ֣ה יְלָדֶ֑ךָ וְ
אַל
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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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HEARKEN UNTO THY FATHER THAT BEGAT THEE,.... And who has a true and
hearty affection for thee, and whatever he says is for thy good and
welfare, which he studies and has at heart; and who therefore al...
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Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother
when she is old.
Ver. 22. _Hearken to thy father, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 1:8 _"_
And despise not thy mother when she is old,]...
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_Hearken unto thy father that begat thee_ And who, therefore, desires
and seeks thy good in all his counsels; _and despise not thy mother
when she is old_ When the infirmity of age is added to that of...
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V. 22. HEARKEN UNTO THY FATHER THAT BEGAT THEE, in ready obedience to
all his commands, AND DESPISE NOT THY MOTHER WHEN SHE IS OLD, it being
the tendency of young people to be ashamed of their aged pa...
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THAT BEGAT THEE; and therefore desires and seeks thy good in all his
counsels. WHEN SHE IS OLD; when the infirmity of age is added to that
of her sex, which is apt to breed contempt....
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Proverbs 23:22 Listen H8085 (H8798) father H1 begot H3205 (H8804)
despise H936 (H8799) mother H517 old...
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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 23:17. 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...