Proverbs 23:15-25

15 fili mi si sapiens fuerit animus tuus gaudebit tecum cor meum

16 et exultabunt renes mei cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua

17 non aemuletur cor tuum peccatores sed in timore Domini esto tota die

18 quia habebis spem in novissimo et praestolatio tua non auferetur

19 audi fili mi et esto sapiens et dirige in via animum tuu

20 noli esse in conviviis potatorum nec in comesationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt

21 quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur et vestietur pannis dormitati

22 audi patrem tuum qui genuit te et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua

23 veritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam et intellegentiam

24 exultat gaudio pater iusti qui sapientem genuit laetabitur in eo

25 gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua et exultet quae genuit te

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.