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See also Proverbs 23:16 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    REINS. kidneys. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for affections and impulses....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. YEA, MY REINS (THE SEAT OF THE AFFECTIONS) SHALL REJOICE WHEN THY LIPS SPEAK RIGHT THINGS. True wisdom begins at the heart (); its cr...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    But you will be glad if your child learns to be wise. You will be especially glad if you had to punish your child. You must teach your child to be wise. You must teach the child to respect God. And if...

  • 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!...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MY REINS SHALL REJOICE. — These being represented in Hebrew poetry as the seat of the deepest affections, answering to “heart” in Proverbs 23:15. (Comp. Psalms 7:9; Jeremiah 12:2;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ תַעְלֹ֥זְנָה כִלְיֹותָ֑י בְּ דַבֵּ֥ר שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָ...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Reins. Inmost affections._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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

    YEA, MY REINS SHALL REJOICE,.... Which is only another phrase expressive of the same thing, and confirming the greatness of joy on the above occasion; not only his heart rejoiced, which was affectiona...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 16. YEA, MY REINS, his whole inner being, SHALL REJOICE WHEN THY LIPS SPEAK RIGHT THINGS, in an outward manifestation of the wisdom of the heart....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I shall rejoice not only in show and profession, but inwardly, and with all my soul....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 23:16 being H3629 rejoice H5937 (H8799) lips H8193 speak H1696 (H8763) things H4339 thy -...

  • 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 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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Colossians 4:4; Ephesians 4:29; Ephesians 5:4; James 3:2; Proverbs 8:6

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My reins — I shall rejoice with all my soul....

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