Proverbs 23:16

reins. kidneys. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for affections and impulses.

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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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Yea, my reins (the seat of the affections) shall rejoice when thy lips speak r...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reins ] lit. 'Kidneys.' Heart and kidneys were considered to be the seat of mental and spiritual life ( Job 19:27 ; Psalms 16:7 ; Jeremiah 10:20 ;...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My reins shall rejoice. — These being represented in Hebrew poetry as the seat of the deepest affections, answering to “heart” in Proverbs 23:15 ....
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

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fathe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, my reins shall rejoice ,.... Which is only another phrase expressive of the same thing, and confirming the greatness of joy on the above occasi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou b...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I shall rejoice not only in show and profession, but inwardly, and with all my soul.
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...
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 th...
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. 16. Yea, my reins, his whole inner being, shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things, in an outward manifestation of the wisdom of the hea...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 4:4 ; Ephesians 4:29 ; Ephesians 5:4 ; James 3:2 ; Proverbs 8:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My reins — I shall rejoice with all my soul.

¹⁶ Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 23:16