Proverbs 23:24-34

24 The father of a godly child is very happy. Anyone who has a wise child is glad.

25 May your father and mother be glad. May the woman who gave birth to you be happy.

26 My son, give me your heart. Keep your eyes on the way I live.

27 A prostitute is like a deep pit. A wife who commits adultery is like a narrow well.

28 She hides and waits like a thief. She causes many men to sin.

29 Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who argues? Who has problems? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?

30 Those who spend too much time with wine. Or those who like to taste wine that is mixed with spices.

31 Don't look at wine when it is red. Don't look at it when it bubbles in the cup. And don't look at it when it goes down smoothly.

32 In the end it bites like a snake. It bites like a poisonous serpent.

33 Your eyes will see strange sights. Your mind will imagine weird things.

34 You will feel like someone sleeping on the ocean. You will think you are lying among the ropes in a boat.

Proverbs 23:24-34 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.