“ My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. ”
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips c...
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...
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice. Resumption of the appeal, Proverbs 22:19 . 'Lord, let thy blessing...
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...
My son, if thine heart be wise ,.... To that which is good; so as from it to understand in a spiritual and experimental manner things divine and heavenly; he may be said to have a wise heart who kno...
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. Ver. 15. My son, if thine heart be wise. ] Si vexatio det intellectum, if either by instruction or correction I may make thee w...
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...
In the good success of my counsels, and in thy piety and happiness, which is as truly desirable and pleasant to me as my own.
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...
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. The happy parent I. The attainment required. A pious youth is said to be wise in heart. 1. To show us that religion is wisd...
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. 15. My son, if thine heart be wise, as the result of wholesome teaching here offered, my heart shall rejoice, even mine, for such is the effect of successful teaching upon the instructor.
1 John 2:1 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:19 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:20 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:9 ; 2 John 1:4 ; 3 John 1:3 ; 3 John 1:4 ; Jeremiah 32:41 ; John 15:11 ; John 21:5 ; Luk...