Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 23:3
Deceitful meat. — Not offered out of friendship and love to thee; for an unguarded word spoken in the insecurity of the festive hour might bring ruin to thee.
Deceitful meat. — Not offered out of friendship and love to thee; for an unguarded word spoken in the insecurity of the festive hour might bring ruin to thee.
DAINTIES ... DECEITFUL MEAT - Such as “savory meat,” venison Genesis 27:4, offered not from genuine hospitality, but with some by-ends....
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...
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...
DAINTIES. dainty meals. DECEITFUL MEAT. meat that deceives. Hebrew. _kazah._ See note on Proverbs 11:18....
Maurer quotes in illustration of these verses (1 3): "Keep thee from the man that hath power to kill, And thou shalt have no suspicion of the fear of death: And if thou come unto him, commit no fau...
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...
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....
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. BE NOT DESIROUS OF HIS DAINTIES; FOR THEY ARE DECEITFUL MEAT. Intimacy with an absolute king is a hazardous privilege. His dainties may...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....
He invites you for his own purposes....
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...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...
אַל־_תִּ֭תְאָיו_† לְ מַטְעַמֹּותָ֑יו וְ֝ ה֗וּא לֶ֣חֶם
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...
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...
Be not desirous of his dainties: (c) for they [are] deceitful food. (c) For often the rich when they bid their inferiors to their tables, it is not for the love they bear them, but for their own secr...
_Deceit. Poison. He wishes to discover thy secret._...
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...
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...
BE NOT DESIROUS OF HIS DAINTIES,.... His savoury food, which is very grateful to the taste, his rich provisions and royal dainties; do not lust after them, as the word s signifies, in an immoderate wa...
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat. Ver. 3. _Be not desirous of his dainties._] It is a shame for a saint to be a slave to his palate. Isaac loved venison too, too well; t...
_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...
V. 3. BE NOT DESIROUS OF HIS DAINTIES, craving the finest food on the table; FOR THEY ARE DECEITFUL MEAT, literally, "bread of deception," it is a deceptive meal, the object of the powerful person not...
Either because they do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them, but rather load thee with ill humours, and the seeds of divers diseases; or because they are not provided for...
Proverbs 23:3 desire H183 (H8691) delicacies H4303 deceptive H3577 food H3899 Proverbs 23:6;...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
Daniel 1:8; Ephesians 4:22; Luke 21:34; Proverbs 23:6; Psalms 141:4...
Deceitful — They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them....