Proverbs 23:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. ”

Proverbs 23:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 23:21 - 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 23:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

poverty . dispossession. Hebrew. yarash. See note on Proverbs 6:11 .
Proverbs 23:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. And drowsiness (the natural effect of excess in eating and drinking, Proverbs 23:21 ) sh...
Proverbs 23:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Proverbs 23:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Drowsiness, that follows after such debauches.
Proverbs 23:21 - 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 23:21 - 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 23:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 23:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty ,.... They consuming their substance upon their bellies, in eating and drinking; see Proverbs 21:17 ; and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] wi...
Proverbs 23:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags. Ver. 21. For the drunkard shall come to poverty. ] Nay, to eternal misery in hell; 1Co 6:10 b...
Proverbs 23:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 23:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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:...
Proverbs 23:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Drowsiness; immoderate sleep and idleness, which is a ready a way to poverty as gluttony or drunkenness is.
Proverbs 23:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 23:21 - 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 23:21 - 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 23:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 21. for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, all his property being dissipated in riotous living; and drowsiness, the laziness and apathy into which the intemperate man is bound...
Proverbs 23:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:11 ; 1 Corinthians 6:10 ; Deuteronomy 21:20 ; Galatians 5:21 ; Isaiah 28:1-3 ; Joel 1:5 ; Philippians 3:19 ; Proverbs 19:15 ; Proverbs 21:17 ; Proverbs 24:30-34 ; Proverbs...

Proverbs 23:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 23:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 23:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 23:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 23:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 23:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 23:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 23:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge