Proverbs 23:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midstf of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. ”

Proverbs 23:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the (p) sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. (p) In such great danger will you be.
Proverbs 23:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

midst. Hebrew "heart". top . basket: i.e. the look-out basket or cradle on the mast.
Proverbs 23:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. Lieth down in the midst of the sea - He is utterly regardless of life; which is expressed...
Proverbs 23:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As he that lieth upon the top of a mast— The Vulgate renders this, And as the sleeping pilot, having lost his helm: but our translation, which is agreeable to the Hebrew, is by far the strongest...
Proverbs 23:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst (the heart) of the sea - fa...
Proverbs 23:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Proverbs 23:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As he that lieth down in the midst of the sea. — And so would inevitably be drowned if he trusted to its smooth, glassy appearance. As he that lieth upon the top of a mast. — Whom every roll of...
Proverbs 23:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, thou shall be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea ,.... Not in the open sea, and the waves of it, there fluctuating and tossed about; nor in an island encompassed by sea; but in a shi...
Proverbs 23:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. Ver. 34. Yea, thou shalt be as he, &c. ] Thy brains shall crow, and thou shalt b...
Proverbs 23:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thine eyes shall behold strange women With evil intent: lustful, nay, adulterous desires will be excited in thee, which thou wilt neither have inclination nor power to restrain and govern; and thy...
Proverbs 23:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That lieth down to sleep, of which that word is frequently used, in the midst of the sea; in a ship in the midst of the sea. This phrase notes the temper and condition of the drunkard, the giddin...
Proverbs 23:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 23:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Proverbs 23:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 34. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, down in its depths, unconscious of his surroundings, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast, asleep in a most perilous...
Proverbs 23:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 16:9 ; 1 Kings 20:16-22 ; 1 Samuel 25:33-38 ; 1 Samuel 30:16 ; 1 Samuel 30:17 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:2-7 ; 2 Samuel 13:28 ; Exodus 15:8 ; Joel 1:5 ; Luke 17:27-29 ; Luke 21:34 ; Matt...
Proverbs 23:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lieth down — To sleep. Sea — In a ship in the midst of the sea.

Proverbs 23:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 23:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 23:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 23:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 23:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 23:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 23:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 23:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 23:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 23:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes