“ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. ”
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...
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the (i) way. (i) In the observation of God's commandments.
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. Note the characteristic of this member (p 891).
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Hear thou, my son, whatever others may do. (Comp. above, on Proverbs 22:19 .) Guide thine heart in the way. — That is, of God. (Comp. Isaiah 40:3 , and note on Acts 9:2 .)
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...
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall...
Hear thou, my son, and be wise ,.... Hear the instruction of a father, of the word of Wisdom, of the ministers of the Gospel, which is the way to be wise unto salvation; faith comes by hearing; spir...
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Ver. 19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise. ] Hearing is one of the learned senses, as Aristotle calls it. Wisdom entereth into the s...
Hear and be wise Rest not in hearing, but see that thou grow wiser and better by it. And guide thy heart in the way Order the whole course of thine affections and actions in God's way, often term...
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:...
Be wise; rest not in hearing, but see that thou growest wiser and better by it. Guide thine heart; order the whole course of thine affections and actions. In the way; in God's way, oft called t...
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 23:19 In our course through life, our minds are liable to be placed in certain states of feeling strongly marked, and for the time strongly prevailing, and this by causes, by influences,...
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...
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Three important precepts The words are very direct and personal. I. The precept contained in the word “hear.” I take it to m...
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. 19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way, by directing it to go straight forward on the right way, in conduct becoming a believer, a child of God.
Proverbs 23:12 ; Proverbs 23:26 ; Proverbs 4:10-23
Guide — Order the whole course of thine affections and actions. In the way — In God's way.