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CHAPTER XXIII
_Sobriety in eating and drinking, especially at the tables of_
_the great. Have no fellowship with the covetous. Remove not the_
_ancient landmark. Children should receive due correct...
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WHAT IS BEFORE THEE - Beware lest dainties tempt thee to excess. Or,
“consider diligently who is before thee,” the character and temper
of the ruler who invites thee....
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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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WHEN. Forasmuch as. Taking the act for granted.
THOU. The second person is continued down to Proverbs 23:24.
CONSIDER. Discern.
WHAT: or, who....
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_what_ Rather, WHO. Be continually on your guard; let not the luxury
that surrounds you betray you into forgetting in whose presence you
are, for the favour of a ruler, an Eastern despot, is a dangero...
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WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER, &C.— There are two evils to
be avoided at the tables of the great: the one is, too much talking;
the other, too much eating: the wise man exhorts his disciple to...
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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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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is
before thee:
WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER (TAKING UP , END), CONSIDER
DILIGENTLY WHAT (FOOD OR DAINTY) IS BEFORE THEE - s...
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
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A ruler does not invite you so that you can taste his fine food. He
invites you because he wants to discuss serious matters with you. You
should not think much about his food or his wine. But you must...
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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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כִּֽי ־תֵ֭שֵׁב לִ לְחֹ֣ום אֶת
־מֹושֵׁ֑ל בִּ֥י
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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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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, (a) consider diligently what
[is] before thee:
(a) Eat with sobriety....
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_Sit. Saul sat at table, and the custom of lying down was adopted only
a little while before the captivity. It was recent among the Romans.
(Calmet) --- Soliti patres considere mensis. (Virgil, \'c6ne...
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is
before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to
appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitf...
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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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WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER,.... Either a supreme ruler, a
king, or a subordinate ruler, a nobleman, a judge, a civil magistrate,
a person of honour, dignity, and authority; and to sit at ta...
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is]
before thee:
Ver. 1. _When thou sittest to eat._] See my Common Place of
Abstinence.
_ Consider diligently what is before thee._]...
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_When thou sittest to eat with a ruler_ When thou art invited to the
table of a great man; _consider diligently what is before thee_ What
things, what plenty and variety of meats and drinks, by which...
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V. 1. WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER, with a person of
influence and power, CONSIDER DILIGENTLY WHAT IS BEFORE THEE, keeping
in mind throughout the dinner that it is a mightier and loftier one...
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PROVERBS CHAPTER 23 WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER, when thou
art invited to a feast with a great man, CONSIDER DILIGENTLY WHAT IS
BEFORE THEE; either
1. What person or persons. Or rather,
2....
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Proverbs 23:1 down H3427 (H8799) eat H3898 (H8800) ruler H4910 (H8802)
Consider H995 (H8799) carefully...
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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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_Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite._
MODERATION
This virtue the people of God ought to practise in everything. They
should exercise self-government in the desire, the use...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:1 The rich host may be using his wealth
to manipulate his less-wealthy guests to do his bidding. His
hospitality is DECEPTIVE....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 23:1. WHEN THOU SITTEST, etc. Miller here translates
“_Forasmuch as thou sittest_,” and applying the word _ruler_ to
God gives to the proverb a meaning entirely different fr...
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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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Genesis 43:32; Jude 1:12...
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Ruler — With a great man....