Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23
A.M. 3004. B.C. 1000. read more
Proverbs-23
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:1-3
Proverbs 23:1-3. 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 thou mayest easily be tempted to excess in partaking of them, and so mayest be induced to speak or act in an unbecoming manner. And put a knife to thy throat, &c. Restrain and govern thine appetite, so as to avoid all excess, as with a sword hanging over thy head, or as if a... read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:4-5
Proverbs 23:4-5. Labour not Hebrew, אל תיגע , Do not weary thyself, namely, with immoderate cares and labours, as many covetous men do; to be rich To raise an estate, and make thy property abundantly more than it is. Solomon does not forbid all labour, nor a provident care, which he commends in other places; but only represents how vain and foolish it is to be over solicitous, and to carry our cares and labours to such excess as to injure, if not our health of body, yet our peace and... read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:6-8
Proverbs 23:6-8. 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 not judge of him by his words, for in them he professes kindness, (as it follows,) but by the constant temper of his mind, which he hath fully discovered to all that know him by the course of his life. Eat and drink, saith he, but his heart is not with thee He hath no sincere... read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:9
Proverbs 23:9 . 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 and good admonitions. read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:10-11
Proverbs 23:10-11. Enter not into the fields of the fatherless Either to take away their goods, or rather, to possess their lands, as this phrase is used, 2 Samuel 5:6. For their Redeemer is mighty Hebrew, גאלם , their near kinsman, to whom it belongs to avenge their wrongs, and to recover and maintain their rights: see on Leviticus 25:25; Numbers 35:12; Job 19:25. God is pleased to call himself the kinsman of the fatherless, to show how much he concerns himself for the relief of... read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:17-18
Proverbs 23:17-18. Let not thy heart envy sinners Let not the consideration of their present impunity and prosperity excite thee either to envy them, or to approve and imitate their evil courses; but be thou in the fear of the Lord Reverence the presence of the Divine Majesty, and dread his power and justice, and those judgments which he hath prepared for sinners, and thou wilt see no cause to envy, but rather to pity them; all the day long Not only when thou art in trouble, but in all... read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:19-21
Proverbs 23:19-21. Hear and be wise Rest not in hearing, but see that thou grow wiser and better by it. And guide thy heart in the way Order the whole course of thine affections and actions in God’s way, often termed the way, as has been observed before. Be not among wine-bibbers Avoid their conversation and company, lest thou be either infected or injured by them. The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty Which is the common effect of revelling, feasting, and riotous... read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:22-25
Proverbs 23:22-25 . Hearken unto thy father that begat thee And who, therefore, desires and seeks thy good in all his counsels; and despise not thy mother when she is old When the infirmity of age is added to that of her sex, which is apt to produce contempt. Buy the truth Purchase a true and saving knowledge of God, and his will concerning thy salvation, upon any terms; spare no pains nor cost to obtain it; and sell it not Do not forget it, nor forsake it for any worldly advantages,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:35
The drunkard is represented as speaking to himself. The LXX . inserts, "and thou shelf say" as the Authorized Version does: They have stricken me, shall thou say, and I was not sick; or, I was not hurt. The drunken man has been beaten (perhaps there is a reference to the "contentions," Proverbs 23:29 ), but the blows did not pain him; his condition has rendered him insensible to pain. He has some vague idea the he has suffered certain rough treatment at the hands of his companions,... read more