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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:26

Proverbs 23:26. My son, give me thy heart Receive my counsels with thy whole heart; for the heart being esteemed by the ancients the seat of the affections, Solomon may, accordingly, be properly understood as calling upon his disciples to embrace his doctrine and injunctions with the warmest affection, and to reduce them to practice without any reluctance or delay; and let thine eyes observe my ways Let thy mind seriously and practically consider the ways which I prescribe to thee. Or,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:27-28

Proverbs 23:27-28 . For a whore is a deep ditch In which a man is in evident danger of perdition, and out of which it is exceeding difficult to escape. See the note on Proverbs 22:14. She lieth in wait, &c. Watching all opportunities of insnaring young men to their destruction; and increaseth the transgressors among men She is the cause of innumerable sins against God, and against the souls and bodies of those whom she insnares, and by her arts and wicked example involves many... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:29-30

Proverbs 23:29-30. Who hath wo? From the sin of lewdness, he proceeds to that of drunkenness, which frequently accompanies it. As if he had said, If thou intendest to avoid such filthy practices, avoid intemperance; the lamentable effects of which are so many, that it is a hard matter to enumerate them. For who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? If thou considerest who they are that run themselves into all manner of mischief; that are never out of danger, but are engaged in perpetual... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:31-32

Proverbs 23:31-32. Look not thou upon the wine Earnestly, so as to inflame thine appetite toward it; in which sense men are forbidden to look upon a woman, Job 31:1; Matthew 5:28. When it is red Which was the colour of the best wines in that country, which therefore are called blood, Genesis 49:11; Deuteronomy 32:14; and such were used by them in the passover. Red wine, it appears, is still more esteemed in the East than white. And, according to Olearius, in his account of his travels,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:33-34

Proverbs 23:33-34. Thine eyes shall behold strange women With evil intent: lustful, nay, adulterous desires will be excited in thee, which thou wilt neither have inclination nor power to restrain and govern; and thy heart shall utter perverse things Will discover its wickedness by unseemly and perverse, perhaps, even by filthy, scurrilous, and blasphemous speeches. Thou shalt be as he that lieth down To sleep; in the midst of the sea That is, in a ship in the midst of the sea; as he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:35

Proverbs 23:35. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, &c. “And to complete thy misery, shouldst thou be not only mocked and abused, but beaten also, thou thyself wilt confess afterward, that it made no impression on thee: nay, shouldst thou be most lamentably bruised, thou wilt neither know who did it, nor at all regard it; but, as if no harm had befallen thee, no sooner wilt thou open thine eyes, but thou wilt stupidly seek an occasion to be drunk and beaten again.” Bishop Patrick. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:1-35

Social-climbers and others (23:1-35)Those who seek status like to mix with the upper classes and try to copy their habits. But because of their ignorance of how to eat fine foods, they make fools of themselves and so spoil their chances of progressing up the social ladder. The food they desire becomes the means of their downfall (23:1-3). The desire for wealth can lead to disappointment (4-5), and the efforts to win the favour of others may win only their disfavour. This may particularly be the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:1

When = Forasmuch as. Taking the act for granted. thou. The second person is continued down to Proverbs 23:24 . Consider = Discern. what: or, who. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:2

And put = Then thou wilt put. a man given, &c. Illustrations: Esau (Genesis 25:30 ); Isaac (Genesis 25:28 ; Genesis 27:4 ); those referred to in Philippians 1:3 , Philippians 1:18 , Philippians 1:19 . appetite = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:3

dainties = dainty meals. deceitful meat = meat that deceives. Hebrew. kazah. See note on Proverbs 11:18 . read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:27-28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:29-30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:31-32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:33-34

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:35

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:1-35

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:3

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