Proverbs 23:15-25

15 My child, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad--even me!

16 And my {insides} will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright.

17 May your heart not envy the sinners, but [live] in fear of Yahweh {all day}.

18 {Surely} there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

19 You, my child, hear and be wise, and direct your heart on the road

20 Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttonous eaters of {their meat}.

21 For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them

22 Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23 Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.

24 The father of the righteous will surely rejoice; he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.

25 May your father and your mother be glad, and may she who bore you rejoice.

Proverbs 23:15-25 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 "mind"
• [b]. Literally "kidneys"
• [c]. Or "mind"
• [d]. Literally "all the day"
• [e]. Literally "For if"
• [f]. Or "mind"
• [g]. Literally "meat for them"
• [h]. Literally "caused you to be born"
• [i]. Or "for, because"