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

“ Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. ”

Proverbs 23:23 - 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 23:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Buy (k) the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (k) Spare no cost for truths sake, neither depart from it for any gain.
Proverbs 23:23 - 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 23:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wisdom. Hebrew. chakmah. See note on Proverbs 1:2 . Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 23:4 ; Proverbs 23:8 .
Proverbs 23:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 805 BUYING THE TRUTH Proverbs 23:23 . Buy the truth; and sell it not . THE rich variety of metaphors contained in the Holy Scriptures gives an endless diversity to the most simple tr...
Proverbs 23:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Buy the truth - Acquire the knowledge of God at all events; and in order to do this, too much pains, industry, and...
Proverbs 23:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Buy the truth - ( Proverbs 4:5 ; Proverbs 4:7 , notes; Isaiah 55:1 .) Sell it not - part with it for no...
Proverbs 23:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

Buy the truth, and sell it not. — The “truth” is here described under the three heads of wisdom, self-discipline, and understanding. (See above, on Proverbs 1:2 .) All these are to be obtained fro...
Proverbs 23:23 - 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 23:23 - 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 23:23 - 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 23:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Buy the truth, and sell [it] not ,.... Evangelical truth, the word of truth, the Gospel of salvation, which comes from the God of truth; has Christ, who is the truth, for the stem and substance of i...
Proverbs 23:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Ver. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not. ] Every parcel of truth is precious, as the filings of gold, as the b...
Proverbs 23:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee And who, therefore, desires and seeks thy good in all his counsels; and despise not thy mother when she is old When the infirmity of age is added to that o...
Proverbs 23:23 - 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 23:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Buy the truth; purchase it upon any terms, spare no pains nor cost to get it. The truth ; the true and saving knowledge of God's mind and will concerning your salvation, and the way that leads to...
Proverbs 23:23 - 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 23:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:23 The text declares two great truths: first, that truth is a matter of purchase; and, secondly, that there is a possibility of selling it and an inclination to do so. I. Truth is, of...
Proverbs 23:23 - 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 23:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Buy the truth, and sell it not. A domestic homily on buying the truth When the wise man counselled his pupil to “buy the truth,” he had the whole range of truth before his mind: truth in histor...
Proverbs 23:23 - 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 23:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 23. Buy the truth, not minding the hard labor and sacrifice required to gain it, and sell it not, since it is precious beyond all riches of the world; also wisdom and instruction and understa...
Proverbs 23:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:23 ; Hebrews 11:26 ; Isaiah 55:1 ; Job 28:12-19 ; Matthew 13:44 ; Matthew 13:46 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Philippians 3:7 ; Philippians 3:8 ; Proverbs 10:1 ; Proverbs 16:16 ; Proverbs 17:...
Proverbs 23:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Buy — Purchase it upon any terms, spare no pains or cost. Truth — The true and saving knowledge of God's will. Sell it not — Do not forsake it for any worldly advantage.

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

Proverbs 23:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Proverbs 23:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 23:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Proverbs 23:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

Proverbs 23:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 23:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

Proverbs 23:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 23:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Proverbs 23:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 23:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes