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Verse Proverbs 23:26. _MY SON, GIVE ME THINE HEART_] This is the
speech of God to every _human soul_; give thy _affections_ to _God_,
so as to love him with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength....
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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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HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for attention.
OBSERVE. delight in....
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_observe_ This is the corrected Heb. text to be _read_. The
_written_text is, DELIGHT IN, R.V. text....
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DISCOURSE: 806
THE DUTY OF GIVING THE HEART TO GOD
Proverbs 23:26. _My Son, give me thy heart_.
THIS address, however it may be considered in some respect as
delivered by Solomon to his son, must cer...
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MY SON, GIVE ME THINE HEART, &C.— The _heart_ was esteemed by the
ancients the seat of the affections: accordingly, Solomon may be
understood as calling upon his disciple to embrace his dictates with...
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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...
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My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
MY SON, GIVE ME THINE HEART - the center and regulator of the head,
the hands, the feet. AND LET THINE EYES OBSERVE MY WAYS. So the...
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23:26 observe (f-11) Or 'delight in.'...
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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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The son must be careful about sex. Some women sell sex. They are like
a deep hole that a hunter uses as a trap for animals. And some married
women tempt other men. They are like a narrow well that a m...
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MY SON, GIVE ME THINE HEART. — For that is the one gift alone worthy
of acceptance which man can offer to God, and the only one which God
will accept; an offering which man endeavours to keep for hims...
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תְּנָֽה ־בְנִ֣י לִבְּךָ֣ לִ֑י וְ֝
עֵינֶ֗יךָ ד
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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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My son, give me (l) thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.
(l) Give yourself wholly to wisdom....
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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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MY SON, GIVE ME THINE HEART,.... These words are not the words of
Solomon to his son, for a greater than Solomon is here; besides, the
claim and possession of the heart do not belong to a creature, bu...
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My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Ver. 26. _My son, give me thy heart._] There is a strange strife, not
of earthly, but of spiritual powers, after the possession of man...
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_My son, give me thy heart_ Receive my counsels with thy whole heart;
for the heart being esteemed by the ancients the seat of the
affections, Solomon may, accordingly, be properly understood as
calli...
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V. 26. MY SON, GIVE ME THINE HEART, Wisdom herself here pleading with
the young person to be devoted to her at all times, AND LET THINE EYES
OBSERVE MY WAYS, following the conduct, the principles, and...
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GIVE ME THINE HEART; receive my counsels with thy whole heart. Solomon
speaking in God's name and cause, requires the heart to be given to
him. LET THINE EYES OBSERVE, let thy mind seriously and pract...
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Proverbs 23:26 son H1121 give H5414 (H8798) heart H3820 eyes H5869
observe H7521 (H8799) H5341 ...
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Proverbs 23:26
I. The wise man here uses the word "heart" in the fullest sense. It
includes the whole mind, the spirit, and the soul. These are what the
Lord claims, and what the wise man here claims...
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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, give Me thine heart._
THE HEART A GIFT FOR GOD
I. Love prompts this request of wisdom.
1. Only love seeks after love. We care not to be loved by those whom
we do not love. When God asks hum...
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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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2 Corinthians 5:14; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 2 Corinthians 8:5; 2 Peter
1:19;...
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Give me — Solomon here speaks in God's name....