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Proverbs 23:1-9

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On Life and Conduct

1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you,
2 And put a knife to your throat If you are a 1man of great appetite.
3 Do not 2desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.
4 3Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, 4Cease from your consideration of it
5 When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For 5wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
6 6Do not eat the bread of a 7selfish * man, Or desire his delicacies;
7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But 8his heart is not with you.
8 You will 9vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.
9 10Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will 11despise the wisdom 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 11

  • 1. Proverbs 23:20
  • 2. Psalms 141:4; Proverbs 23:6; Dan 1:5, 8, 13, 15, 16
  • 3. Proverbs 15:27; Proverbs 28:20; Matthew 6:19; 1 Timothy 6:9; Hebrews 13:5
  • 4. Proverbs 3:5, 7
  • 5. Proverbs 27:24; 1 Timothy 6:17
  • 6. Psalms 141:4
  • 7. Deuteronomy 15:9; Proverbs 28:22
  • 8. Proverbs 26:24, 25
  • 9. Proverbs 25:16
  • 10. Matthew 7:6
  • 11. Proverbs 1:7

Footnotes 8

  • [a] Or "who"
  • [b] Or "understanding"
  • [c] Lit "Will your eyes fly upon it and it is not?"
  • [d] Lit "an evil eye"
  • [e] Lit "reckons in his soul"
  • [f] Lit "your"
  • [g] Lit "pleasant words"
  • [h] Lit "ears"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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