Proverbs 23:24-34

24 The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:

25 let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

26 My son, give me thy 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 lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

29 Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?

30 -- They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.

31 Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

32 at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

34 and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

Proverbs 23:24-34 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or 'delight in.'
• [b]. Lit. 'Whose is, ''Oh!'' Whose is, ''woe is me!''?'
• [c]. Or 'darkening.'
• [d]. Or 'late.'
• [e]. Or 'in result;' lit. 'in its end:' as ver. 18.