Proverbs 23:20-30

20 Do not be among those who are drunk with wine; nor among gluttonous eaters of food;

21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

23 Buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begets a wise child shall have joy with him.

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.

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

27 For a whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

28 She also lies in wait as for a prey and increases the transgressors among men.

29 For who shall be the woe? for who shall be the woe? for who contention? for who quarrels? for who the wounds without cause? who shall have redness of eyes?

30 For those that tarry long at the wine; those that go to seek mixed wine.

Proverbs 23:20-30 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.