“ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. ”
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...
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. Thy father ... and she that bare thee (with many pains) shall rejoice. There is no better way in which thou cans...
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...
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...
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad ,.... That, is when thou art righteous and wise; see Proverbs 10:1 ; or "let thy father and thy mother be glad" e; do everything that may make their hearts g...
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...
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:...
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad; he repeateth this again, as a powerful argument to prevail with all children that are not void of natural affection, to labour to be wise and good, that so...
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...
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. Filial piety Respect and love for parents are not, indeed, the motives which operate with the greatest force upon...
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. 25. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice, this fact being urged in order to stimulate the children in true pious conduct. cf Proverbs 10:1 ; Proverbs 1...
1 Chronicles 4:10 ; 1 Chronicles 4:9 ; Luke 1:31-33 ; Luke 1:40-47 ; Luke 1:58 ; Luke 11:27 ; Luke 11:28 ; Proverbs 17:25