Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 23:12-28
CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 23:17. Let not thine heart envy, etc. The verb translated envy refers to both objects in the verse, and is better translated “strive after.” Miller renders it “be aglow.” “It is,” he says, “a verb expressive of all emotion.” (See Numbers 25:11-13.) Proverbs 23:18. Surely there is an end. Delitzsch here reads, “Truly there is a future.” “The root of the Hebrew,” says Miller, signifies afterward. Proverbs 23:20. Eaters of flesh. This may be translated “Devourers of their... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 23:13
It is a likely mean to prevent their corruption, and the destruction which commonly follows it, as the next verse explains this. read more