Proverbios 23:13-19 NVI

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:12-16

Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book, and especially to the scriptures and his catechism, to attend to the words of knowledge, by which he might come to know his duty, and danger, and interest, and not to think it enough to give them the hearing, but to apply his heart to them, to delight in them, and bow his will to the authority of them. The heart is then applied to the instruction when the instruction is applied to the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:17-18

Here is, 1. A necessary caution against entertaining any favourable thoughts of prospering profaneness: ?Let not thy heart envy sinners; do not grudge them either the liberty they take to sin or the success they are to be pitied rather than envied. Their prosperity is their portion (Pr. 12:14), nay, it is their poison,? Prov. 1:32. We must not harbour in our hearts any secret discontent at the providence of God, though it seem to smile upon them, nor wish ourselves in their condition. ?Let not... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:19-28

Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go. Here we have, I. An earnest call to young people to attend to the advice of their godly parents, not only to this that is here given, but to all other profitable instructions: ?Here, my son, and be wise, Prov. 23:19. This will be an evidence that thou art wise and a means to make thee wiser.? Wisdom, as faith, comes by hearing. And again (Prov.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:13

Withhold not correction from the child ,.... When he has committed a fault, and correction is necessary; for to spare it is the ruin of the child, and no proof of true affection in the parent, but the reverse; see Proverbs 13:24 ; for, if thou beatest him with a rod, he shall not die ; if he be beaten moderately, there is no danger of his dying under the rod, or with the stripes given him; besides, such moderate and proper corrections may be a means of preserving him from such crimes... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:14

Thou shall beat him with the rod ,.... Or, correct him with the stripes of the children of men, in a moderate and suitable manner, proportionable to the fault committed; and as he is able to bear it, both as to body and mind; and shalt deliver his soul from hell ; be a means of preventing those sins which would bring to hell and destruction; and of bringing to repentance for those committed; and so of saving his soul, which should be the chief thing parents should have in view in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:15

My son, if thine heart be wise ,.... To that which is good; so as from it to understand in a spiritual and experimental manner things divine and heavenly; he may be said to have a wise heart who knows in some measure what his heart is, the wickedness, the original depravity and corruption, of it; the plague of his own heart; the weakness and inability of it to do that which is good; the insufficiency of his own righteousness to justify him before God; the poverty of his spirit, and the folly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:16

Yea, my reins shall rejoice ,.... Which is only another phrase expressive of the same thing, and confirming the greatness of joy on the above occasion; not only his heart rejoiced, which was affectionately concerned for his son, near which he lay, the desires of which were frequently drawn out for his good, but his reins also; the seat of the afflictions rejoiced at it; showing how vehement, sincere, and hearty the joy was; when thy lips speak right things ; as they will, when the heart... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:17

Let not thine heart envy sinners ,.... Their present prosperity and happiness, the pleasure, profit, and honour, they seem to enjoy; all which is but a shadow, fading had temporary; and yet good men are apt to envy it in their hearts, if they do not express it with their lips; and are ready to murmur and think it hard that they should be in straitened circumstances while the wicked are in flourishing ones; and inwardly fret and are uneasy at it, which they should not, Psalm 37:1 ; or do... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:18

For surely there is an end ,.... Both of the prosperity of the wicked, which is but for a short time; and of the afflictions of the righteous, which are but as it were for a moment; and therefore there is no reason to envy the one, nor to be fretful under the other; the end to a good man will be peace and prosperity for ever: there is a "reward" F2 אחרית "merces", Pagninnus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus; so Ben Melech. , as some render it here, for the righteous, though... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:19

Hear thou, my son, and be wise ,.... Hear the instruction of a father, of the word of Wisdom, of the ministers of the Gospel, which is the way to be wise unto salvation; faith comes by hearing; spiritual wisdom, and an increase of it; the Spirit of God, and his gifts and graces; and guide thine heart in the way ; in the way of the Lord, in the way of wisdom and understanding, in the way of truth and faith, in the way of religious worship, in the way of the commandments and ordinances of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:12-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:17-18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 23:19-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:19

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