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Verse Proverbs 23:23. _BUY THE TRUTH_] Acquire the _knowledge of God_
at all events; and in order to do this, too much pains, industry, and
labour cannot be expended.
_AND SELL_ IT _NOT_] When once...
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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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WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. Not the same word
as in verses: Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 23:8....
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_buy … sell_it _not_ Procure it at any cost: part with it on no
consideration. Comp. Matthew 13:44-45.
_also_ Rather, _even_, or, _yea_. The things mentioned are not
additions to, but elements of "th...
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DISCOURSE: 805
BUYING THE TRUTH
Proverbs 23:23. _Buy the truth; and sell it not_.
THE rich variety of metaphors contained in the Holy Scriptures gives
an endless diversity to the most simple truths:...
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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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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding.
BUY THE TRUTH - (; , notes; .)
SELL IT NOT - part with it for no consideration, money, pleasure,
fame, ease; for i...
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23:23 Buy (e-1) Or 'Get.' see chs. 1.5; 4.5,7; 18.15....
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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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BUY THE TRUTH, AND SELL IT NOT. — The “truth” is here described
under the three heads of wisdom, self-discipline, and understanding.
(See above, on Proverbs 1:2.) All these are to be obtained from God...
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אֱמֶ֣ת קְ֭נֵה וְ אַל ־תִּמְכֹּ֑ר
חָכְמָ֖ה וּ
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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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Buy (k) the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction,
and understanding.
(k) Spare no cost for truths sake, neither depart from it for any
gain....
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_Sell. Acquire as much wisdom as possible, and keep it with care.
(Calmet) --- Septuagint, "do not drive wisdom from thee."_...
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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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BUY THE TRUTH, AND SELL [IT] NOT,.... Evangelical truth, the word of
truth, the Gospel of salvation, which comes from the God of truth; has
Christ, who is the truth, for the stem and substance of it;...
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_Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding._
Ver. 23. _Buy the truth and sell it not._] Every parcel of truth is
precious, as the filings of gold, as the bez...
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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. 23. BUY THE TRUTH, not minding the hard labor and sacrifice
required to gain it, AND SELL IT NOT, since it is precious beyond all
riches of the world; ALSO WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION AND UNDERSTANDING,...
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BUY THE TRUTH; purchase it upon any terms, spare no pains nor cost to
get it. _The truth_; the true and saving knowledge of God's mind and
will concerning your salvation, and the way that leads to it....
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Proverbs 23:23 Buy H7069 (H8798) truth H571 sell H4376 (H8799) wisdom
H2451 instruction H4148 understanding H998
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Proverbs 23:23
The text declares two great truths: first, that truth is a matter of
purchase; and, secondly, that there is a possibility of selling it and
an inclination to do so.
I. Truth is, of cou...
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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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_Buy the truth, and sell it not._
A DOMESTIC HOMILY ON BUYING THE TRUTH
When the wise man counselled his pupil to “buy the truth,” he had
the whole range of truth before his mind: truth in history, i...
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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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Buy — Purchase it upon any terms, spare no pains or cost. Truth —
The true and saving knowledge of God's will. Sell it not — Do not
forsake it for any worldly advantage....