箴言 23:3-6 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:6-8

Another maxim, here a heptastich, concerning temperance. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:6-8

The graces of giving, receiving, and refusing The text treats of a hospitality which does not deserve the name, and of our duty when we are invited to accept a glint that is grudged. It thus opens the whole subject of giving and receiving. There are three graces here. I. THE GRACE OF GIVING . This is one which is readily recognized as heaven born. 1 . God commends it to us. He says, "Give, and it shall be given unto you" ( Luke 6:38 ); "Give to him that asketh thee" ( ... read more

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

Joseph Benson

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

Joseph Benson

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

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 23:3

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:4

Labour not, &c. Illustrations: Lot (Genesis 13:10 , Genesis 13:13 ); the rich fool (Luke 12:16-20 . Compare Proverbs 10:16 ). See Jeremiah's advice (Jeremiah 45:5 ). wisdom. Hebrew. binah. See note on Proverbs 1:2 . Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 23:9 , Proverbs 23:23 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:5

For. This is the reason why "it is gone". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 23:4

7"Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven."Paul warned against the desire to be rich; and here we have a warning in the Old Testament. The heart of Paul's warning (1 Timothy 6:9f) centered upon moral and spiritual damage to the seeker; and here the warning stresses the nature of riches. They have the startling ability to leave their possessor... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:6-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:1-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:6-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:1-35

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 23:4

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