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Proverbs 23:10-20

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10 1Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their 2Redeemer is strong; he will 3plead their cause against you.
12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold 4discipline from a child; 5if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod, you will 6save his soul from Sheol.
15 7My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
16 My 8inmost being[a] will exult when your lips speak 9what is right.
17 Let not your heart 10envy sinners, but continue in 11the fear of the Lord all the day.
18 Surely 12there is a future, and your 13hope will not be cut off.
19 Hear, my son, and 14be wise, and 15direct your heart in the way.
20 Be not among 16drunkards[b] or among 17gluttonous eaters of meat,
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Proverbs 23:10-20 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 17

  • 1. 23:10 See ch. 22:28
  • 2. 23:11 [Ex. 6:6]; See Job 19:25
  • 3. 23:11 See ch. 22:23
  • 4. 23:13 See ch. 13:24
  • 5. 23:13 [ch. 19:18]
  • 6. 23:14 [1 Cor. 5:5]
  • 7. 23:15 ver. 24, 25; See ch. 29:3
  • 8. 23:16 Ps. 7:9; 73:21
  • 9. 23:16 [ch. 8:6]
  • 10. 23:17 See Ps. 37:1
  • 11. 23:17 [ch. 28:14]
  • 12. 23:18 ch. 24:14, 20
  • 13. 23:18 Ps. 9:18
  • 14. 23:19 ch. 6:6
  • 15. 23:19 [ch. 9:6]
  • 16. 23:20 [ver. 29, 30; Isa. 5:11, 22; Matt. 24:49; Luke 21:34; Rom. 13:13; Eph. 5:18]
  • 17. 23:20 ch. 28:7

Footnotes 2

  • [a] 23:16 Hebrew 'My kidneys'
  • [b] 23:20 Hebrew 'those who drink too much wine'
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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