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Proverbs 23:22-32

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22 1Listen to your father who gave you life, 2and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 3Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 4The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 5Let your father and mother be glad; let 6her who bore you rejoice.
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.
27 For a prostitute is 7a deep pit; 8an adulteress[b] is a narrow 9well.
28 10She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
29 11Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has 12wounds without cause? Who has 13redness of eyes?
30 Those who 14tarry long over wine; those who go to try 15mixed wine.
31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32 In the end it 16bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
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Proverbs 23:22-32 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 16

  • 1. 23:22 See ch. 1:8
  • 2. 23:22 [ch. 30:17]
  • 3. 23:23 [ch. 4:5, 7; 18:15; Matt. 13:44]
  • 4. 23:24 ver. 15; See ch. 29:3
  • 5. 23:25 [See ver. 24 above]
  • 6. 23:25 ch. 17:25
  • 7. 23:27 [ch. 22:14]
  • 8. 23:27 See ch. 2:16
  • 9. 23:27 Ps. 55:23
  • 10. 23:28 ch. 7:12; [Eccles. 7:26]
  • 11. 23:29 [ver. 20, 21]
  • 12. 23:29 [ver. 35]
  • 13. 23:29 Gen. 49:12
  • 14. 23:30 Isa. 5:11
  • 15. 23:30 ch. 9:2, 5; Ps. 75:8; Isa. 5:22; 65:11
  • 16. 23:32 Job 20:16

Footnotes 2

  • [a] 23:26 Or 'delight in'
  • [b] 23:27 Hebrew 'a foreign woman'
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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