“ For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. ”
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...
strange . foreign. Hebrew. nakar. See note on Proverbs 2:16 ; Proverbs 5:3 . Not the same word as in Proverbs 23:33 .
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. For a whore is a deep ditch - See on Proverbs 22:14 (note).
A whore is a deep ditch— See the note on chap. Proverbs 22:14 .
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. A whore (is) a deep ditch ... a narrow pit - where the fall is great, and whence there is no escape.
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Strange woman ( nokhriyyah ) . — See above, on Proverbs 2:16 .
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...
For a whore [is] a deep ditch ,.... Or, "as a deep ditch", so Aben Ezra; to which she may be compared for the filthiness of her whoredoms, and for her insatiable lust, as well as for her being never...
For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit. Ver. 27. For an whore is a deep ditch. ] Fitly so called, quod nullus neque modus neque finis sit in amore meritricio, becau...
For a whore is a deep ditch In which a man is in evident danger of perdition, and out of which it is exceeding difficult to escape. See the note on Proverbs 22:14 . She lieth in wait , &c. Wa...
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:...
A deep ditch; in which a man is in evident danger of perdition, and out of which it is exceeding difficult to escape.
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...
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. 27. For a whore, as opposed to the person of wisdom, is a deep ditch, and a strange woman, the outsider, the harlot, is a narrow pit, one yielding to her seductions will find it hard to esca...
Proverbs 22:14