Proverbs 23:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: ”

Proverbs 23:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What is before thee - Beware lest dainties tempt thee to excess. Or, “consider diligently who is before thee,” the character and temper of the ruler who invites thee.
Proverbs 23:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, (a) consider diligently what [is] before thee: (a) Eat with sobriety.
Proverbs 23:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
Proverbs 23:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

When . Forasmuch as. Taking the act for granted. thou. The second person is continued down to Proverbs 23:24 . Consider . Discern. what: or, who.
Proverbs 23:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler - When invited to the table of thy betters, eat moderately. Do not appear as if...
Proverbs 23:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, &c.— There are two evils to be avoided at the tables of the great: the one is, too much talking; the other, too much eating: the wise man exhorts his disc...
Proverbs 23:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler (taking up Proverbs 22:29 , end), consider diligently what (food or da...
Proverbs 23:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Proverbs 23:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXIII. (1) Consider diligently what is before thee, — Rather, Who is before thee; that thy host is not an equal, but one who, if offended, might do thee deadly harm.
Proverbs 23:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
Proverbs 23:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
Proverbs 23:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceit...
Proverbs 23:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler ,.... Either a supreme ruler, a king, or a subordinate ruler, a nobleman, a judge, a civil magistrate, a person of honour, dignity, and authority; and to sit at...
Proverbs 23:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: Ver. 1. When thou sittest to eat. ] See my Common Place of Abstinence. Consider diligently what is before thee....
Proverbs 23:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler When thou art invited to the table of a great man; consider diligently what is before thee What things, what plenty and variety of meats and drinks, by which...
Proverbs 23:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his daintie...
Proverbs 23:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PROVERBS CHAPTER 23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, when thou art invited to a feast with a great man, consider diligently what is before thee; either 1. What person or persons. Or rathe...
Proverbs 23:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest, etc. Miller here translates “ Forasmuch as thou sittest ,” and applying the word ruler to God gives to the proverb a meaning entirely differe...
Proverbs 23:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . 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 stai...
Proverbs 23:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Moderation This virtue the people of God ought to practise in everything. They should exercise self-government in the desire, the...
Proverbs 23:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
Proverbs 23:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, with a person of influence and power, consider diligently what is before thee, keeping in mind throughout the dinner that it is a mightier and loftier...
Proverbs 23:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 43:32-34 ; Jude 1:12
Proverbs 23:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ruler — With a great man.

Proverbs 23:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 23:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 23:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 23:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 23:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 23:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 23:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 23:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 23:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 23:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes