Proverbs 23:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

PROVERBS CHAPTER 23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, when thou art invited to a feast with a great man, consider diligently what is before thee; either

1. What person or persons. Or rather,

2. What things; what plenty and variety of meats and drinks, by which thou mayst easily be tempted to excess, and by that means induced to use such speeches or carriages as may be unfit for thee, or many ways hurtful to thee.

Proverbs 23:1

1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: