Proverbs 23:20 NIV

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 23:20

Be not amongst winebibbers ,.... Who drink to excess, otherwise wine may be drank, provided moderation is used; but it is not good to be in company with, excessive drinkers of it, lost a habit of excessive drinking should be acquired; among riotous eaters of flesh ; flesh may be lawfully eaten, but not in a riotous manner, so as to indulge to gluttony and surfeiting; nor should such persons be kept company with that do so, lest their ways should be learned and imitated. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 23:20

Be not among winebibbers - There is much of this chapter spent in giving directions concerning eating, drinking, and entertainments in general. he pupil is directed relative to the manner in which he is to conduct himself in his visits to the tables of the rich and great. Relative to the covetous and his intercourse with them. And To public entertainnlents, where there were generally riot and debauch. The reasons, says Calmet, which induced the wise man to give these directions were,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:19-21

An exhortation to temperance, as one of the results of the fear of God, prefaced by an exhortation to wisdom. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:19-25

The perils of dissipation and the antidote "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." I. PERILS OF DISSIPATION . ( Proverbs 23:20 , Proverbs 23:21 .) Gluttony and wine bibbing. As the stomach is the centre of health, so it is also of disease. A wise man (Dr. Johnson) said that if one did not care for one's stomach, one was not likely to care for anything. It is equally true that he who cares only or chiefly for the flesh will make a wreck of everything else. Gluttony has been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:20

Wine bibbers; persons who meet together for the express purpose of drinking intoxicating liquors. Among riotous eaters of flesh. The Hebrew is "of flesh for themselves," whence some take the meaning to be "of their own flesh," i.e. who by their gluttony and luxury ruin their own bodies. But tile parallelism with the wine drinker shows plainly that the flesh which they eat is meant, and the idea is that they eat for the gratification of their own appetites, caring nothing for anything... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:20-21

(See below.)—C. read more

Joseph Benson

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

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 23:20

winebibbers. Hebrew. yayin ( App-27 .) and saba' = drinkers to excess. eaters of flesh = selfish eaters. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 23:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:19-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:19-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:20-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:19-21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:1-35

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 23:20

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