The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 23:25
Proverbs 23:25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.Filial pietyRespect and love for parents are not, indeed, the motives which operate with the greatest force upon minds renewed by the Spirit of grace and truth. With such the most powerful incentives to action are those which derive their origin from the relation we sustain to God, the author of life and salvation. It is sometimes the case that an ingenuous youth is more influenced by the recollection of... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 23:1-35
Proverbs 23:1-2 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stained their character at public dinners. Excision is the way to conquer crime. Every man must have an inexorable rule of temperance in his own breast, or he is lost. Cicero ridicules the man, natus abdomini, born for his belly. Christ has commanded us to cut off the right hand, and to pluck out... read more