“ They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. ”
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...
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go (n) to seek mixed wine. (n) Who by art make wine stronger and more pleasant.
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...
wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27. mixed wine. Hebrew. mimsak. App-27.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. They that tarry long at the wine - ( Isaiah 5:11 .) Go to seek - implying their eagerness in searching for choice wine a...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
They that go to seek mixed wine. — Or, To test; to see whether it is to their taste. The wines of the ancients were not generally drunk pure, but diluted with water or flavoured with spices. (See...
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...
They that tarry long at the wine ,.... At drinking it. Do not care to stir from it when at it; spend whole days and nights in it, and are overcome by it, and so bring upon them all the above evils;...
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Ver. 30. They that tarry long at the wine. ] These men do not want time, but waste it. Pliny, if he were alive, would surely say...
Who hath wo? From the sin of lewdness, he proceeds to that of drunkenness, which frequently accompanies it. As if he had said, If thou intendest to avoid such filthy practices, avoid intemperance;...
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek...
Either mixed with water, or with other ingredients, to make it strong and delicious. Heb. mixture ; mixed drinks of several sorts suited to their palates.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:30 . Mixed wine — i.e. , wine mixed with strong spices. Proverbs 23:31 . When it giveth his colour , etc., literally, “When it showeth its eye.” This may refer to...
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...
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. The woes of the drunkard The ugly sketch given here should be enough to warn all young people against tampering with a vice wh...
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. 30. They that tarry long at the wine, being engaged regularly in drinking it; they that go to seek mixed wine, the strong spiced liquor whose inebriating effects were even worse than that of w...
Amos 6:6 ; Ephesians 5:18 ; Genesis 9:21 ; Isaiah 5:11 ; Proverbs 20:1 ; Proverbs 9:2 ; Psalms 75:8
Mixt wine — Either mixed with water, or with other ingredients to make it strong and delicious.