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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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SINNERS. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.
THE FEAR OF THE LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7....
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DISCOURSE: 804
THE FEAR OF GOD ALL THE DAY
Proverbs 23:17. _Be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long: for
surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off_.
THE men of this...
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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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Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD
all the day long.
LET NOT THINE HEART ENVY SINNERS - in prosperity, so as to be tempted
to imitate their example (; ).
But (b...
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23:17 fear (c-12) Or 'but [let it covet] the fear.'...
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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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Perhaps you are jealous because some evil people are wealthy. Or they
are famous, or important (Psalms 73:3-5). But you must desire the
right things. So do not be jealous when you see evil people. Ins...
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אַל ־יְקַנֵּ֣א לִ֭בְּךָ בַּֽ †
חַטָּאִ֑ים כִּ֥י...
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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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Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD
all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation
shall not be cut off.
Nothing can be more conclusive; by way o...
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_LIFE IS FOR GOD_
‘Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the
Lord all the day long.’
Proverbs 23:17
I. HOLY SCRIPTURE IS FULL OF WARNINGS AGAINST THIS FATAL FORM OF
ENVY, FO...
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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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LET NOT THINE HEART ENVY SINNERS,.... Their present prosperity and
happiness, the pleasure, profit, and honour, they seem to enjoy; all
which is but a shadow, fading had temporary; and yet good men ar...
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Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the
LORD all the day long.
Ver. 17. _Let not thine heart envy sinners._] Who, have they never so
much here, they have but a pension, an...
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_Let not thy heart envy sinners_ Let not the consideration of their
present impunity and prosperity excite thee either to envy them, or to
approve and imitate their evil courses; _but be thou in the f...
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V. 17. LET NOT THINE HEART ENVY SINNERS, for their apparent happiness
and prosperity; BUT BE THOU IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD ALL THE DAY LONG;
that is the proper object of emulation, after which one ough...
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LET NOT THINE HEART ENVY SINNERS; let not the consideration of their
present impunity and prosperity stir thee up, either to envy them, or
to approve and imitate their evil courses. BE THOU IN THE FEA...
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Proverbs 23:17 heart H3820 envy H7065 (H8762) sinners H2400 fear H3374
LORD H3068 day H3117
not -...
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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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Proverbs 23:17
I. Holy Scripture is full of warnings against this fatal form of envy,
for indeed in this form came the first temptation to our mother Eve.
Why did she look towards the fatal tree, and...
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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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_Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord
all the day long._
ENVY OF SINNERS FORBIDDEN, AND THE FEAR OF GOD ENJOINED
I. Some of the reasons why men very frequently are i...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:17 Instead of envying those who ignore
God’s way, pleasing the Lord should be the believer’s top priority
(v. Proverbs 23:17). Such a path is the only true...
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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 Peter 1:17; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Acts 9:31; Ecclesiastes 12:13;...