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Proverbs 23:1-9

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1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
3 1Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
4 2Do not toil to acquire wealth; 3be discerning enough to desist.
5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, 4for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
6 5Do not eat the bread of a man who is 6stingy; [b] 7do not desire his delicacies,
7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. [c]“Eat and drink! ” he says to you, but his 8heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
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Proverbs 23:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 11

This chapter relates the false steps Solomon took, notwithstanding all his wisdom, in marrying strange wives, and worshipping other gods, 1Ki 11:1-8 upon which the Lord threatens him to rend the kingdom in his son's time, 1Ki 11:9-13 and he raised up adversaries against him, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:14-26 of which last an account is given, and of his being assured by Ahijah the prophet of his having ten of the tribes of Israel given to him; which Solomon having notice of sought to slay him, 1Ki 11:27-40 and the chapter is concluded with an account of Solomon's death and burial, 1Ki 11:41-43.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 8

  • 1. 23:3 ver. 6
  • 2. 23:4 ch. 15:27; 28:20; Matt. 6:19; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Heb. 13:5
  • 3. 23:4 [ch. 3:5, 7; 26:12; Isa. 5:21; Rom. 12:16]
  • 4. 23:5 ch. 27:24
  • 5. 23:6 [Ps. 141:4]
  • 6. 23:6 ch. 28:22; Deut. 15:9
  • 7. 23:6 ver. 3
  • 8. 23:7 [Ps. 12:2]

Footnotes 3

  • [a] 23:1 Or 'who'
  • [b] 23:6 Hebrew 'whose eye is evil'
  • [c] 23:7 Or 'for as he calculates in his soul, so is he'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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