“ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. ”
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...
My son, give me (l) thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways. (l) Give yourself wholly to wisdom.
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...
heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for attention. observe . delight in.
DISCOURSE: 806 THE DUTY OF GIVING THE HEART TO GOD Proverbs 23:26 . My Son, give me thy heart . THIS address, however it may be considered in some respect as delivered by Solomon to his son, mu...
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. My son, give me thine heart - This is the speech of God to every human soul; give thy affections to God, so as to love him with all th...
My son, give me thine heart, &c.— The heart was esteemed by the ancients the seat of the affections: accordingly, Solomon may be understood as calling upon his disciple to embrace his dictate...
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. My son, give me thine heart - the center and regulator of the head, the hands, the feet. And let thine eyes observe my ways....
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
My son, give me thine heart. — For that is the one gift alone worthy of acceptance which man can offer to God, and the only one which God will accept; an offering which man endeavours to keep for h...
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...
My son, give me thine heart ,.... These words are not the words of Solomon to his son, for a greater than Solomon is here; besides, the claim and possession of the heart do not belong to a creature,...
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. Ver. 26. My son, give me thy heart. ] There is a strange strife, not of earthly, but of spiritual powers, after the possession of m...
My son, give me thy heart Receive my counsels with thy whole heart; for the heart being esteemed by the ancients the seat of the affections, Solomon may, accordingly, be properly understood as call...
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:...
Give me thine heart; receive my counsels with thy whole heart. Solomon speaking in God's name and cause, requires the heart to be given to him. Let thine eyes observe, let thy mind seriously and...
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 23:26 I. The wise man here uses the word "heart" in the fullest sense. It includes the whole mind, the spirit, and the soul. These are what the Lord claims, and what the wise man here cla...
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, give Me thine heart. The heart a gift for God I. Love prompts this request of wisdom. 1. Only love seeks after love. We care not to be loved by those whom we do not love. When God as...
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. 26. My son, give Me thine heart, Wisdom herself here pleading with the young person to be devoted to her at all times, and let thine eyes observe My ways, following the conduct, the principles...
2 Corinthians 5:14 ; 2 Corinthians 5:15 ; 2 Corinthians 8:5 ; 2 Peter 1:19 ; Deuteronomy 6:5 ; Ephesians 3:17 ; Hosea 14:9 ; Luke 14:26 ; Matthew 10:37 ; Matthew 10:38 ; Proverbs 4:23 ; P...
Give me — Solomon here speaks in God's name.