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A different danger from that of Proverbs 23:1. The hazard here is the
hospitality of the purse-proud rich, avaricious or grudging even in
his banquets.
EVIL EYE - Not with the later associations of a...
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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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_evil_ i.e. _grudging_. See Proverbs 22:9 note, and comp. Deuteronomy
15:9; Matthew 20:15.
_dainty meats_ Better, DAINTIES....
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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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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire
thou his dainty meats:
AN EVIL EYE. Contrast "a bountiful eye," . An envious, grudging,
illiberal spirit ()....
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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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Some people pretend to be our friends. But they do not care about us.
They might say the right words. They might invite us to their homes.
But they do not want to share their possessions with us. Inst...
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HIM THAT HATH AN EVIL EYE. — A sordid, grudging temper....
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אַל ־תִּלְחַ֗ם אֶת ־לֶ֭חֶם רַ֣ע
עָ֑יִן וְ
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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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Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an (e) evil eye, neither
desire thou his delicacies:
(e) That is, covetous, as contrary a good eye is taken for liberal as
in (Proverbs 22:9)....
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_Man. Hebrew, "eat not bread of an evil eye," the envious, or rather
the sordid miser._...
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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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EAT THOU NOT THE BREAD OF [HIM THAT HATH] AN EVIL EYE,.... A sordid
covetous man, that grudges every bit that is eaten, in opposition to a
man of a good eye, or a bountiful one, that is liberal and ge...
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Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire
thou his dainty meats:
Ver. 6. _Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye._] That
is, of a miserly muckworm, that wishe...
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_Eat not thou the bread of him that hath an evil eye_ Of an envious or
covetous man, who secretly grudges thee the meat which is set before
thee. _For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he_ Thou must...
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V. 6. EAT THOU NOT THE BREAD OF HIM THAT HATH AN EVIL EYE, of a
jealous and covetous man, NEITHER DESIRE THOU HIS DAINTY MEATS, which
are held out before his guest as a sort of bait, not with open
kin...
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OF HIM THAT HATH AN EVIL EYE; of the envious or covetous man, who
secretly grudgeth thee the meat which he sets before thee, as this
phrase is used, PROVERBS 28:22 MATTHEW 20:15; as, on the contrary,...
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Proverbs 23:6 eat H3898 (H8799) bread H3899 miser H7451 H5869 desire
H183 (H8691) delicacies H4303...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 23:6. HIM THAT HATH AN EVIL EYE—_i.e._, the jealous man.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 23:6_
FEIGNED GENEROSITY
I. MEN’S INWARD LIFE AND FEELINGS ARE OFTEN...
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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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Daniel 1:8; Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 28:56; Mark 7:22; Matt
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Evil eye — Of the envious or covetous man....