Proverbs 23:2-12

2 Control yourself if you have a big appetite.

3 Don't be greedy for his fine foods, because that food might be a trick.

4 Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich; be wise enough to control yourself

5 Wealth can vanish in the wink of an eye. It can seem to grow wings and fly away like an eagle.

6 Don't eat the food of selfish people; don't be greedy for their fine foods.

7 Selfish people are always worrying about how much the food costs. They tell you, "Eat and drink," but they don't really mean it.

8 You will throw up the little you have eaten, and you will have wasted your kind words.

9 Don't speak to fools; they will only ignore your wise words.

10 Don't move an old stone that marks a border, and don't take fields that belong to orphans.

11 God, their defender, is strong; he will take their side against you.

12 Remember what you are taught, and listen carefully to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:2-12 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.