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Proverbs 23:16-26

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16 And my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak 1what is right.
17 2Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the 3fear of the LORD always *.
18 Surely * there is a 4future, And your 5hope will not be cut off.
19 Listen, my son, and 6be wise, And 7direct your heart in the way
20 Do not be with 8heavy drinkers of wine, Or with 9gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the 10heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And 11drowsiness will clothe one with rags
22 12Listen to your father who begot you, And 13do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 14Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And 15he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your 16father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
26 17Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes 18delight in my ways.
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Proverbs 23:16-26 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

Cross References 18

  • 1. Proverbs 8:6
  • 2. Psalms 37:1; Proverbs 24:1, 19
  • 3. Proverbs 28:14
  • 4. Psalms 19:11; Psalms 58:11; Proverbs 24:14
  • 5. Psalms 9:18
  • 6. Proverbs 6:6
  • 7. Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 9:6
  • 8. Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 23:29, 30; Isaiah 5:22; Matthew 24:49; Luke 21:34; Romans 13:13; Ephesians 5:18
  • 9. Deuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 28:7
  • 10. Proverbs 21:17
  • 11. Proverbs 6:10, 11
  • 12. Proverbs 1:8; Ephesians 6:1
  • 13. Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 30:17
  • 14. Proverbs 4:7; Proverbs 18:15; Matthew 13:44
  • 15. Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 29:3
  • 16. Proverbs 27:11
  • 17. Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:4
  • 18. Psalms 1:2; Psalms 119:24

Footnotes 5

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