Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me (l) thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.

(l) Give yourself wholly to wisdom.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:26

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...
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 Proverb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for attention. observe . delight in.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My son, give me thine heart, &c.— The heart was esteemed by the ancients the seat of the affections: accordingly, Solomon may be understood a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 hand...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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...
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 g...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 po...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, Solomo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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. Le...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 tr...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 wh...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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...
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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 obser...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Ma...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Give me — Solomon here speaks in God's name.

²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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