Proverbs 23:2-12

2 and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

4 Do not toil to acquire wealth; be wise enough to desist

5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes to itself wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies;

7 for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning. "Eat and drink!" he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

8 You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.

9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

10 Do not remove an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless;

11 for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.

12 Apply your mind to instruction and your ear 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.