Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Proverbs 23
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Proverbs23:2
2. put a knife--an Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite.
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Proverbs23:3
3. are deceitful meat--though well tasted, injurious.
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Proverbs23:4-5
4-5. (Compare 1Ti 6:9, 10).
thine own wisdom--which regards riches intrinsically as a blessing.
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Proverbs23:6-8
6-8. Beware of deceitful men, whose courtesies even you will repent of having accepted.
evil eye--or purpose (Pr 22:9; De 15:9; Mt 6:23).
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Proverbs23:9
9. (Compare Pr 9:8). "Cast not your pearls before swine" (Mt 7:6).
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Proverbs23:10-11
10-11. (Compare Pr 22:22, 23).
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Proverbs23:12
12. Here begins another series of precepts.
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Proverbs23:13-14
13-14. While there is little danger that the use of the "divine ordinance of the rod" will produce bodily harm, there is great hope of spiritual good.
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Proverbs23:15-16
15-16. The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil's progress is a motive to diligence.
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Proverbs23:17-18
17-18. (Compare Margin). The prosperity of the wicked is short.
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Proverbs23:19-21
19-21. guide ... way--or direct thy thoughts to a right course of conduct (compare Pr 4:4; 9:6).
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Proverbs23:22
22. Hearken--that is, obey (Pr 1:8; Ep 6:1).
despise ... old--Adults revere the parents whom, as children, they once obeyed.
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Proverbs23:23
23. Buy--literally, "get" (Pr 4:5).
truth--generally and specially as opposed to errors of all kinds.
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Proverbs23:24-25
24-25. (Compare Pr 10:1; 17:21, 25).
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Proverbs23:26-35
26-35. A solemn warning against whoredom and drunkenness (Ho 4:11).
give me--This is the address of that divine wisdom so often presented (Pr 8:1; 9:3, &c.).
heart--confidence.
observe--keep.
my ways--such as I teach you (Pr 3:17; 9:6).
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Proverbs23:1
CHAPTER 23
Pr 23:1-35.
1. Avoid the dangers of gluttony.
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