Commentaire par chapitre
Proverbs Chapitre 23
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Pr 23:1-35.
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2. put a knife--an Eastern figure for putting restraint on the appetite.
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3. are deceitful meat--though well tasted, injurious.
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4, 5. (Compare
1Ti 6:9, 10).
thine own wisdom--which regards riches intrinsically as a blessing.
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5. Wilt . . . eyes--As the eyes fly after or seek riches, they are not, that is, either become transitory or unsatisfying; fully expressed by their flying away.
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6-8. Beware of deceitful men, whose courtesies even you will repent of having accepted.
evil eye--or purpose
(Pr 22:9; De 15:9; Mt 6:23).
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8. The morsel . . . words--that is, disgusted with his true character, all pleasant intercourse will be destroyed.
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9. (Compare
Pr 9:8).
"Cast not your pearls before swine"
(Mt 7:6).
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10, 11. (Compare
Pr 22:22, 23).
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11. redeemer--or avenger
(Le 25:25, 26; Nu 35:12),
hence advocate
(Job 19:25).
plead . . . thee--(Compare
Job 31:21; Ps 35:1; 68:5).
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12. Here begins another series of precepts.
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13, 14. While there is little danger that the use of the "divine ordinance of the rod" will produce bodily harm, there is great hope of spiritual good.
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15, 16. The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil's progress is a motive to diligence.
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16. my reins--(Compare
Ps 7:9).
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17, 18. (Compare Margin). The prosperity of the wicked is short.
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18. an end--or, "hereafter," another time, when apparent inequalities shall be adjusted (compare
Ps 37:28-38).
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19-21. guide . . . way--or direct thy thoughts to a right course of conduct (compare
Pr 4:4; 9:6).
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20. riotous . . . flesh--prodigal, or eating more than necessary. Instead of "their flesh" (compare Margin), better, "flesh to them," that is, used for pleasure.
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21. drowsiness--the dreamy sleep of the slothful.
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22. Hearken--that is, obey
(Pr 1:8; Eph 6:1).
despise . . . old--Adults revere the parents whom, as children, they once obeyed.
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23. Buy--literally, "get"
(Pr 4:5).
truth--generally and specially as opposed to errors of all kinds.
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24, 25. (Compare
Pr 10:1; 17:21, 25).
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26-35. A solemn warning against whoredom and drunkenness
(Ho 4:11).
give me--This is the address of that divine wisdom so often presented
(Pr 8:1; 9:3,
&c.).
heart--confidence.
observe--keep.
my ways--such as I teach you
(Pr 3:17; 9:6).
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27, 28. deep ditch--a narrow pit, out of which it is hard to climb.
lieth in wait--to ensnare men into the pit, as hunters entrap game (compare
Pr 22:14).
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28. increaseth . . . transgressors--
(Pr 5:8-10).
The vice alluded to is peculiarly hardening to the heart.
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29, 30. This picture is often sadly realized now.
mixed wine--(Compare
Pr 9:2; Isa 5:11).
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31. when . . . red--the color denoting greater strength (compare
Ge 49:11; De 32:14).
giveth . . . cup--literally, "gives its eye," that is, sparkles.
moveth . . . aright--Perhaps its foaming is meant.
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32. The acute miseries resulting from drunkenness contrasted with the temptations.
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33, 34. The moral effects: it inflames passion
(Ge 19:31, 35),
lays open the heart, produces insensibility to the greatest dangers, and debars from reformation, under the severest sufferings.
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35. awake--that is, from drunkenness
(Ge 9:24).
This is the language rather of acts than of the tongue.
Pr 23:1-35.
1. Avoid the dangers of gluttony.