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See also Proverbs 23:25 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _shall … shall_ Rather, LET _thy father_… and LET _her_&c. It is an exhortation to the son to verify by his own conduct the statement of the preceding verse. "Quod cum ita sit, da operam ut parentibus...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 23:24-35 24. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. 25. Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. THY FATHER ... AND SHE THAT BARE THEE (WITH MANY PAINS) SHALL REJOICE. There is no better way in which thou canst rep...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יִֽשְׂמַח ־אָבִ֥יךָ וְ אִמֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝ תָגֵ֗ל יֹ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER SHALL BE GLAD,.... That, is when thou art righteous and wise; see Proverbs 10:1; or "let thy father and thy mother be glad" e; do everything that may make their hearts glad,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 25. THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER SHALL BE GLAD, AND SHE THAT BARE THEE SHALL REJOICE, this fact being urged in order to stimulate the children in true pious conduct. cf Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER SHALL BE GLAD; he repeateth this again, as a powerful argument to prevail with all children that are not void of natural affection, to labour to be wise and good, that so the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 23:25 father H1 mother H517 glad H8055 (H8799) bore H3205 (H8802) rejoice H1523 (H8799) and

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice._ FILIAL PIETY Respect and love for parents are not, indeed, the motives which operate with the greatest force upon mind...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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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