Proverbs 23:19-21 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 23:19

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

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty ,.... They consuming their substance upon their bellies, in eating and drinking; see Proverbs 21:17 ; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags ; excessive eating and drinking brings drowsiness on men, unfits them for business, and makes them idle and slothful; and spending all on their bellies, they have nothing for their backs, and are clothed in rags; see Proverbs 24:33 . 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

Hear thou. The pronoun gives force and personality to the injunction ( Job 33:33 ). Guide thine heart in the way. (For אשׁר , "to guide straight," see on Proverbs 4:14 ) "The way" is the right way, in distinction to the many wrong paths of life—the way of understanding, as it is called ( Proverbs 9:6 ). Septuagint, "Direct aright the thoughts of thy heart," for right thoughts lead to right actions. 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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 23:21

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 23:19

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

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