Proverbs 23
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Chapter 23
| 23:1 | Ruler - With a great man. |
| 23:2 | Put a knife - Restrain thine appetite, as if a man stood with a knife at thy throat. |
| 23:3 | Deceitful - They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them. |
| 23:4 | Thine own wisdom - From worldly wisdom, which persuades men to use all possible means to get riches. |
| 23:5 | Set thine eyes - Look upon it with earnestness and desire.Is not - Which has no solid and settled being. Eagle - Swiftly, strongly, and irrecoverably. |
| 23:6 | Evil eye - Of the envious or covetous man. |
| 23:7 | So is he - You are not to judge of him by his words, but by the constant temper of his mind. |
| 23:8 | Vomit up - When thou perceivest his churlish disposition, his meat will be loathsome to thee. Sweet words - Thy pleasant discourse wherewith thou didst design to delight and profit him. |
| 23:9 | Of a fool - Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners. |
| 23:10 | Enter not - To possess their lands. |
| 23:11 | Redeemer - Heb. their near kinsman, to whom it belongs to avenge their wrongs, and to recover and maintain their rights. |
| 23:13 | Shall not die - It is a likely way to prevent his destruction. |
| 23:16 | My reins - I shall rejoice with all my soul. |
| 23:18 | An end - An expected and happy end for such as fear God. |
| 23:19 | Guide - Order the whole course of thine affections and actions.In the way - In God's way. |
| 23:23 | Buy - Purchase it upon any terms, spare no pains or cost.Truth - The true and saving knowledge of God's will. Sell it not - Do not forsake it for any worldly advantage. |
| 23:26 | Give me - Solomon here speaks in God's name. |
| 23:30 | Mixt wine - Either mixed with water, or with other ingredients to make it strong and delicious. |
| 23:31 | Red - Which was the colour of the best wines in that country.Aright - When it sparkles, and seems to smile upon a man. |
| 23:34 | Lieth down - To sleep. Sea - In a ship in the midst of the sea. |
| 23:35 | Sick - I was not sensible of it. Again - At present my condition requires sleep to settle myself, and when I am composed, I purpose to return to my former course. |