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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
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FOOL. Hebrew. _kesil._ See note on Proverbs 1:7.
HE WILL DESPISE. Illustration: Amaziah (2 Chronicles 25:1; 2
Chronicles 25:16).
WISDOM. intelligence. Hebrew. _sekel._ See note
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CHAPTER 23
TEXT Proverbs 23:1-12
1.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler
Consider diligently him that is before thee;
2.
And put a knife to thy throat,
If thou be a man given to appetite.
3....
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Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of
thy words.
SPEAK NOT (NAMELY, WISE WORDS) IN THE EARS OF A FOOL - such as the
miserly host just described (Proverbs 23:6; )....
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
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Solomon uses the word ‘fool’ to describe an evil person. This
person hates God. So this person hates wisdom. This person does not
want wise advice, because that advice would tell him to stop his evil...
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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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SPEAK NOT IN THE EARS OF A FOOL. — Do not waste thy time in
explaining matters to him.
A FOOL. — A dull, stupid person. (Comp. Proverbs 1:22.)...
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בְּ אָזְנֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל אַל ־תְּדַבֵּ֑ר
כִּֽי ־י
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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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Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy
words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of
the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead...
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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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SPEAK NOT IN THE EARS OF A FOOL,.... For it is only beating the air,
and speaking to the wind; it is casting pearls before swine, and that
which is holy to dogs. By the "fool" is meant a wicked man, o...
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Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy
words.
Ver. 9. _Speak not in the ears of a fool._] That is, of a wilful fool,
that seldom asketh council, but never followeth an...
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_Speak not in the ears of a fool_ Cast not away good counsels upon
obstinate and incorrigible sinners: see Matthew 7:6. _For he will
despise the wisdom of thy words_ He will scornfully reject thy wise...
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V. 9. SPEAK NOT IN THE EARS OF A FOOL; FOR HE WILL DESPISE THE WISDOM
OF THY WORDS....
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SPEAK NOT IN THE EARS OF A FOOL; cast not away good counsels upon
obstinate and incorrigible sinners. We have the same advice given
MATTHEW 7:6. HE WILL DESPISE THE WISDOM OF THY WORDS; he will
scornf...
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Proverbs 23:9 speak H1696 (H8762) hearing H241 fool H3684 despise H936
(H8799) wisdom H7922 words H4405...
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 23:9_
THE MORALLY INCURABLE
I. A MAN MAY BECOME MORALLY INCURABLE BY HUMAN INSTRUCTORS. There are
cases of bodily disease which it would be quite useless for the most
ski...
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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 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 4:10; Acts 13:45; Acts 13:46;...
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Of a fool — Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners....