“ Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. ”
Dainties ... deceitful meat - Such as “savory meat,” venison Genesis 27:4 , offered not from genuine hospitality, but with some by-ends.
Be not desirous of his dainties: (c) for they [are] deceitful food. (c) For often the rich when they bid their inferiors to their tables, it is not for the love they bear them, but for their own sec...
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...
dainties . dainty meals. deceitful meat . meat that deceives. Hebrew. kazah. See note on Proverbs 11:18 .
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, &c.— There are two evils to be avoided at the tables of the great: the one is, too much talking; the other, too much eating: the wise man exhorts his disc...
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat. Intimacy with an absolute king is a hazardous privilege. His dainti...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Deceitful meat. — Not offered out of friendship and love to thee; for an unguarded word spoken in the insecurity of the festive hour might bring ruin to thee.
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...
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceit...
Be not desirous of his dainties ,.... His savoury food, which is very grateful to the taste, his rich provisions and royal dainties; do not lust after them, as the word s signifies, in an immoderate...
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat. Ver. 3. Be not desirous of his dainties. ] It is a shame for a saint to be a slave to his palate. Isaac loved venison too, too well;...
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler When thou art invited to the table of a great man; consider diligently what is before thee What things, what plenty and variety of meats and drinks, by which...
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his daintie...
Either because they do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them, but rather load thee with ill humours, and the seeds of divers diseases; or because they are not provided fo...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest, etc. Miller here translates “ Forasmuch as thou sittest ,” and applying the word ruler to God gives to the proverb a meaning entirely differe...
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...
Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Moderation This virtue the people of God ought to practise in everything. They should exercise self-government in the desire, the...
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. 3. Be not desirous of his dainties, craving the finest food on the table; for they are deceitful meat, literally, "bread of deception," it is a deceptive meal, the object of the powerful perso...
Daniel 1:8 ; Ephesians 4:22 ; Luke 21:34 ; Proverbs 23:6 ; Psalms 141:4
Deceitful — They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them.