Daniel 1:8; Ephesians 4:22; Luke 21:34; Proverbs 23:6; Psalms 141:4
Dainties ... deceitful meat - Such as “savory meat,” venison Genesis 27:4 , offered not from genuine hospitality, but with some by-ends.
Be not desirous of his dainties: (c) for they [are] deceitful food. (c) For often the rich when they bid their inferiors to their tables, it is not...
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...
dainties . dainty meals. deceitful meat . meat that deceives. Hebrew. kazah. See note on Proverbs 11:18 .
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, &c.— There are two evils to be avoided at the tables of the great: the one is, too much talking; the oth...
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat. Intimacy with an...
1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
He invites you for his own purposes.
Deceitful meat. — Not offered out of friendship and love to thee; for an unguarded word spoken in the insecurity of the festive hour might bring ru...
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 i...
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...
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be...
Be not desirous of his dainties ,.... His savoury food, which is very grateful to the taste, his rich provisions and royal dainties; do not lust aft...
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat. Ver. 3. Be not desirous of his dainties. ] It is a shame for a saint to be a slave...
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler When thou art invited to the table of a great man; consider diligently what is before thee What things, wha...
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man giv...
Either because they do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them, but rather load thee with ill humours, and the seeds of di...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest, etc. Miller here translates “ Forasmuch as thou sittest ,” and applying the word ruler to G...
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...
Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Moderation This virtue the people of God ought to practise in everything. They s...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to...
v. 3. Be not desirous of his dainties, craving the finest food on the table; for they are deceitful meat, literally, "bread of deception," it is...
Deceitful — They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.