“ Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. ”
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...
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
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...
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...
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plea...
Apply thine heart unto instruction ,.... To the instruction of parents, and to the instruction of ministers of the word; to the Scriptures, which are profitable to instruction in righteousness; to t...
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Ver. 12. Apply thy heart unto instruction. ] Make thine heart to come to it - though never so averse. Call in thy scat...
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Th...
Apply thine heart unto instruction; content not thyself with outward hearing or reading of it, but affectionately receive it into thine heart, and lay it up there as choice treasure.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:17 . Let not thine heart envy , etc. The verb translated envy refers to both objects in the verse, and is better translated “ strive after .” Miller renders it “ be...
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...
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Spiritual knowledge I. Because of its own worth. A knowledge of the creation, its elements, laws, objects, extent,...
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...
v. 12. Apply thine heart unto instruction, paying willing attention to correction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge, those which teach prudence and circumspection.
Ezekiel 33:31 ; James 1:21-25 ; Matthew 13:52 ; Proverbs 2:2-6 ; Proverbs 22:17 ; Proverbs 23:19 ; Proverbs 5:1 ; Proverbs 5:2