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Proverbs 23:23-33

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23 1Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And 2he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your 3father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
26 4Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes 5delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a 6deep pit And an 7adulterous woman is a narrow well.
28 Surely she 8lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men.
29 Who has 9woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
30 Those who 10linger long over wine, Those who go to taste 11mixed wine.
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles * in the cup, When it 12goes down smoothly;
32 At the last it 13bites like a serpent And stings like a 14viper.
33 Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will 15utter perverse things.
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Proverbs 23:23-33 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 15

  • 1. Proverbs 4:7; Proverbs 18:15; Matthew 13:44
  • 2. Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 29:3
  • 3. Proverbs 27:11
  • 4. Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:4
  • 5. Psalms 1:2; Psalms 119:24
  • 6. Proverbs 22:14
  • 7. Proverbs 5:20
  • 8. Proverbs 6:26; Proverbs 7:12; Ecclesiastes 7:26
  • 9. Isaiah 5:11, 22
  • 10. 1 Samuel 25:36; Proverbs 20:1; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 28:7; Ephesians 5:18
  • 11. Psalms 75:8
  • 12. Song of Songs 7:9
  • 13. Job 20:16; Proverbs 20:1; Ephesians 5:18
  • 14. Psalms 91:13; Isaiah 11:8
  • 15. Proverbs 2:12

Footnotes 6

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