Proverbs 23:34

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; Matthew 24:38

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 b...
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

midst. Hebrew "heart". top . basket: i.e. the look-out basket or cradle on the mast.
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...
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...
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 l...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

The midst of the sea ] i.e. on the high seas ( Proverbs 30:19 ; Ezekiel 27:25 ). With a slight change in the text we get, 'in a great storm,' inste...
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 li...
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 i...
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

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;...
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,...
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 incl...
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...
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 th...
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., litera...
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 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...
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. 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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

³⁴ 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.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 23:34