Proverbs 23:1-6

1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully consider what is in front of you.

2 Place a knife at your throat to control your appetite.

3 Don't long for the ruler's delicacies; the food misleads.

4 Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich; be smart enough to stop.

5 When your eyes fly to wealth it is gone; it grows wings like an eagle and flies heavenward.

6 Don't eat food with stingy people; don't long for their delicacies,

Proverbs 23:1-6 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.