Proverbs 23:17-27

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.

18 For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed.

19 Hear, son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.

20 Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:

21 for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.

22 Hearken, son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not because she is grown old.

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24 A righteous father brings up well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son.

25 Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.

26 son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

27 For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.

Proverbs 23:17-27 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.