New International Version (NIV). Keep thy heart with all diligence "Above all keeping," guard thy heart. 7a is difficult. God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm. 'an, to eye, as it were, whence majun, man, hit by the piercing look of the envious eye, invidiae, as Apuleius says, letali plaga percussus (Fleischer). The KJV said, As he thinketh in his heart, so is he. Either version teaches that the man who says, eat and drink but is really begrudging the cost in his heart, is betraying his true feelings with his false words. Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. who hath sorrow? The drunkard and the glutton hate to be reformed, though they are told they shall come to poverty, nay, though they are told they shall come to hell. 7:1-5 We must lay up God's commandments safely. (2.) But that is not enough: lay the axe to the root; mortify that appetite which has such a power over thee: Be not desirous of dainties." Perhaps they may leave us suddenly, when we have taken a great deal of pains for them and begin to take a great deal of pride and pleasure in them. He pays and the recipient of the meal is thankful and complimentary of the meal and the person who bought it. But look not thou upon it. And again, we had in the last chapter. It is raging in the body, puts the humours into a ferment. For the present it is not joyous, but grievous, both to the parent and to the child; but when it is given with wisdom, designed for good, accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a happy means of preventing his utter destruction and delivering his soul from hell. The eyes are put for rational and intellectual powers; wilt thou throw those away upon such undeserving objects? Does the Bible Advise Us about Dealing with Grief? It stupefies and besots men, v. 34. Commentary on Proverbs 23 by Matthew Henry - Blue Letter Bible (2.) A general exhortation to get our minds principled and governed by the world of God, as a sovereign antidote against this sin (v. 1-5). Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary - Bible Tools "Be not a wine bibber, and be not a riotous eater; and therefore, be not among wine-bibbers nor among riotous eaters; do not give them countenance, lest thou learn their ways and insensibly fall into those sins, or at least lose the dread and detestation of them. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. We ought to give reverence to the fathers of our flesh, who begot us, and were the instruments of our being; much more ought we to obey and be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, who made us and is the author of our being. II. Drunkenness stupifies men, and then all goes to ruin. It makes men quarrel. What Kind of Place Is Jesus Preparing for Us? He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he is mighty, almighty. who hath redness of eyes? The lxx and Syr. III. For instance, this greedy man does not really want you to eat and drink his supplies. There is nothing got by ill designs. (3.) 2. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Buy the truth and sell it not, v. 23. Snow will last awhile, and look pretty, if it be left to lie on the ground where it fell, but, if gathered up and laid in the bosom, it is dissolved and gone immediately. . We must not think to divide the heart between God and the world; he will have all or none. The next verse says that if you eat and drink at this mans expense, you will vomit up the little you have eaten, and you will have wasted your compliments (Pr 23:8). 1. Particular cautions are given against sins most destructive to wisdom and grace in the soul. Riches will leave us. Such a feast cannot possibly do good to the guest: thy meal (, from ; cf. 2. Proverbs 7:23 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org Drunkards wilfully make woe and sorrow for themselves. Children will be a joy to their parents if they be righteous and wise. 25:1-29:27); and then Agurs prophecy (Prov. 'Eat and drink,' he says to you, but his heart is not with you." Explanation and Commentary of Proverbs 23:7 The KJV said, "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." But why this circumlocution in the expression? KEEPING AND KEPT Proverbs 4:23. Those that do so forfeit the benefit of good advice and instruction, and a wise man is not only allowed, but advised, not to speak in the ears of such fools; let them be foolish still, and let not precious breath be thrown away upon them. They are wasting in their own nature, and like a handful of dust, which, if it be grasped, slips through the fingers. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. 1. "Do not aim to be rich, to raise an estate, and to make what thou hast in abundance more than it is." It is our duty to take all fit occasions to speak of Divine things; but if what a wise man says will not be heard, let him hold his ( proverbs 23:10-11 ) protection. Our thoughts must converse much with him, and on him, as our highest end. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! 6-8. Salem Media Group. Withhold not correction from the child: for. They go irresistibly and irrecoverably, as an eagle toward heaven, that flies strongly (there is no stopping her), and flies out of sight and out of call (there is no bringing her back); thus do riches leave men, and leave them in grief and vexation if they set their hearts upon them. of The believer's expectation shall not be disappointed; the end of his trials, and of the sinner's prosperity, is at hand. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler thou has great plenty before thee, varieties and dainties, such a table spread as thou has seldom seen; thou are ready to think, as Haman did, of nothing but the honour hereby done thee (Esth 5 12), and the opportunity thou hast of pleasing thy palate, and forgettest that there is a snare laid for thee." The things of this world are things that are not. But let those who are most eminently useful take warning by this not to be proud or secure; and let us all learn not to think the worse of good instructions though we have them from those who do not themselves altogether live up to them. Hold fast the form of sound words, and never let it go upon any terms. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Beat him with the rod and he shall not die. Proverbs 7 Commentary - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible When we are called by God to his feast, and to let our souls delight themselves, Isa. III. Take heed of any approaches toward this sin, it is very hard to retreat from it. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. So perfectly lost is he to all sense of virtue and honour, and so wretchedly is his conscience seared, that he is not ashamed to say, I will seek it yet again. The thought is appropriate, but forced. 31 5): they err through wine (Isa 28 7), and think as extravagantly as they talk. If a man be so very selfish, and sordid, and mean that he cannot find in his heart to bid his friends welcome to what he has, he ought not to add to that the guilt of dissimulation by inviting them, but let him own himself to be what he is, that the vile person may not be called liberal nor the churl bountiful, Isa 32 5. Proverbs 4:23 - Bible Hub All the days of our life we must constantly keep up an awe of God upon our spirits, must pay a deference to his authority, and have a dread of his wrath. This will bring the two men closer together, and the other will likely return the favor at some point, deepening the friendship even more. Proverbs 23:7 Commentaries: For as he thinks within himself, so he is "Children, if you be wise and good, devout and conscientious, God will be pleased with you, and that will be our joy: we shall think our labour in instructing you well bestowed; it will be a comfortable answer for the many prayers we have put up for you; we shall be eased of a great deal of care, shall not need to be so strict and severe in watching over you, and shall consequently be the easier both to you and to ourselves. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his expectation! One can have no comfort in accepting the entertainments that are given grudgingly: "Eat not thou the bread of such a man; let him keep it to himself. The heart is then applied to the instruction when the instruction is applied to the heart. The consideration of the end will help to reconcile us to all the difficulties and discouragements of the way. It increases the treacherous or perfidious ones; it not only occasions husbands to be false to their wives and servants to their masters, but many that have professed religion to throw off their profession and break their covenants with God. 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Solomon was a very rich king, and his dominions were very large, a king of the first magnitude, and yet he addicted himself to the study of divine things, and was a prophet and a prophets son. Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless and too precise, consider not that the law is to be kept as the apple of the eye; indeed the law in the heart is the eye of the soul. Be not a riotous eater of flesh, as the Israelites were, who lusted exceedingly after it, saying, Who will give us flesh to eat? Set a drunkard in the stocks, and he is not sensible of the punishment. There is no hope; no, they have loved drunkards, and after them they will go, Jer 2 25. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he is mighty, almighty. Immoderate labour, that we may have to hoard, is our sin and folly. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe. Take heed of any approaches toward this sin, it is very hard to retreat from it. 3 Incredible Things You Can Do to Reflect Christ in Dark Times. Does the Bible Advise Us about Dealing with Grief? Greedy and duplicitous men and women are all of a certain type. Proverbs 23 Matthew Henry's Commentary - Bible Hub What a comfort it would be to him if herein he answered his expectation: "If thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, shall rejoice in thee, even mine, who have taken so much care and pains about thee, my heart, that has many a time ached for thee, for which thou shouldst study thus to make a grateful requital." 2. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Particular cautions are given against sins most destructive to wisdom and grace in the soul. Their prosperity is their portion (Ps 12 14), nay, it is their poison," Prov 1 32. We have then the first volume of Solomons proverbs (Prov. Those that hold them ever so fast cannot hold them long; either they must be taken from us or we must be taken from them. He shows the many pernicious consequences of the sin of drunkenness, for the enforcement of this caution. It is our duty to take all fit occasions to speak of Divine things; but if what a wise man says will not be heard, let him hold his peace. The eyes grow unruly and behold strange women to lust after them, and so let in adultery into the heart. We have had divine laws, histories, and songs, and how divine proverbs; such various methods has Infinite Wisdom used for our instruction, that, no stone being left unturned to do us good, we may be inexcusable if we perish in our folly. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. When we are at pains in searching after truth, that we may come to the knowledge of it and may distinguish between it and error, then we buy it. Long periods, and arguments far-fetched, must be laboured both by him that frames them and by him that would understand them, while a proverb, which carries both its sense and its evidence in a little compass, is quickly apprehended and subscribed to, and is easily retained. who hath contentions? ): as he reckons in his soul, so is he (not as he seeks to appear for a moment before thee). The warning here is twofold. 2. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you. An argument to enforce this call, taken from the great comfort which this will be to their parents, v. 24, 25. The Prov. OF THE. Join PLUS Login . Those that would be kept from sin, must keep from all the beginnings of it, and fear coming within reach of its allurements. What thou, a reasonable creature, wilt thou dote upon shadows? (2.) So lost is a drunkard to virtue and honour, so wretchedly is his conscience seared, that he is not ashamed to say, I will seek it again. They do not yield men the satisfaction they promised themselves from them; for those that are given to appetite, when they have that which is very dainty, are not pleased; they are soon weary of it; they must have something else more dainty. It makes men impure and insolent, v. 33. Whereas Paul, though he is free to eat flesh, yet resolves that he will eat no flesh while the world stands rather than make his brother to offend; so indifferent is he to it, 1 Cor 8 13. Pro 22:3 See here, 1. However, with this understanding the punctuation also of as finite may be retained and explained after Isaiah 26:18 : for as if he reckoned in his soul, so is he; but in this the perf. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. We must never feed ourselves without fear (Jude 12), but we must in a special manner fear when temptation is before us. Proverbs 23:7 Meaning of Verse and Simple Commentary Apr 19, 2020 by Editor in Chief Proverbs 23:7 "For he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. They are in imminent danger of death, of damnation, lie as much exposed as if they slept upon the top of a mast, and yet are secure and sleep on. That he was a king, and a kings son. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. Beware of deceitful men, whose courtesies even you will repent of having accepted. Quoniam in similitudinem arioli et conjectoris, aestimat quod ignorat, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Proverbs 23 Commentary - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible For out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 23 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (complete) - Christianity for. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Bible > Bible Commentary Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete) Proverbs Originally written in 1706, Matthew Henry's six volume Complete Commentary provides an exhaustive look at every verse in the Bible. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Much ado he has to shake off the chains of his drunken sleep; he can hardly get clear of the fumes of the wine, though he strives with them, that (being thirsty in the morning) he may return to it again. It bewitches men to their ruin. The penmen of scripture, hitherto, were most of them men of the first rank in the world, as Moses and Joshua, Samuel and David, and now Solomon; but, after him, the inspired writers were generally poor prophets, men of no figure in the world, because that dispensation was approaching in the which God would choose the weak and foolish things of the world to confound the wise and mighty and the poor should be employed to evangelize. PROVERBS 3 COMMENTARY (MATTHEW HENRY) - King James Bible Online Being fatherless, they have none to redress their wrongs, and, being in their childhood, they do not so much as apprehend the wrong that is done them. When we are called by God to his feast, and to let our souls delight themselves, Isaiah 25:6; 55:2, we may safely partake of the Bread of life. Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry. Here we have. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Proverbs 23:7 - Let God Be True! one reaches the same end, (Note: We may write : the Mehuppach (Jethb) sign of the Olewejored standing between the two words represents also the place of the Makkeph; vid., Thorath Emeth, p. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. But especially they are upon this account deceitful meat, that, while they please the body, they prejudice the soul, they overcharge the heart, and unfit it for the service of God, nay, they take away the heart, and alienate the mind from spiritual delights, and spoil its relish of them. Eat and drink, they say, but they dont mean it. Proverbs 17:21 - Bible Hub It can be morally neutral, and even morally good. We must buy it, that is, be willing to part with any thing for it. It stupifies and besots men. They have in themselves the principles of their own corruption, their own moth and rust. 4,5. Proverbs 7:1. Observe. Look to the rule of God's word, the conduct of his providence, and the good examples of his people. Thou shalt lose thy sweet words, which he has given thee and thou has given him.". - 1 Peter 1:5. Wisdom seems in these chapters to take up the discourse as at the beginning of the book. Licentiousness takes away the heart that should be given to God. Proverbs 23 - Bible Study & Commentary - Matthew Henry's Complete Verses 7-9 - Matthew Henry's Commentary - Bible Gateway 2. Perhaps the temptation may be stronger, and more dangerous, to one that is not used to such entertainments, than to one that always sits down to a good table. It is the heart that must be taken care of and directed aright; the motions and affections of the soul must be towards right objects and under a steady guidance. My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. We shall rejoice in hope that you will be a credit and comfort to us, if we should live to be old, that you will bear up the name of Christ in your generation, that you will live comfortably in this world and happily in another.". who hath redness of eyes? The believer's expectation shall not be disappointed; the end of his trials, and of the sinner's prosperity, is at hand. KJV For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. Proverbs 23:7 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org It is a sin which bewitches men to their ruin: The adulteress lies in wait as a robber, pretending friendship, but designing the greatest mischief, to rob them of all they have that is valuable, to strip them both of their armour and of their ornaments. 2. 29 Who hath woe? We are here directed not to cast pearls before swine (Matt 7 6) and not to expose things sacred to the contempt and ridicule of profane scoffers. Those that would be kept from sin, must keep from all the beginnings of it, and fear coming within reach of its allurements. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23:29-35 Solomon warns against drunkenness. That wicked people are scornful people, and put contempt upon others. "Be not ruled by sense, but by reason and religion. It is really a shame to make a god of the belly. When we are at expense for the means of knowledge, and resolved not to starve so good a cause, then we buy the truth. Some take not only a pleasure, but a pride, in being curious about their diet, and, as they call it, eating well; as if that were the ornament of a gentleman, which is really the shame of a Christian, making a God of the belly. They fear no peril when the terrors of the Lord are laid before them; nay, they feel no pain when the judgments of God are actually upon them; they cry not when he binds them. If the heart be guided, the steps will be guided. A parent instructing his child. A new way of writing, in which divine wisdom is taught us by Proverbs, or short sentences, which contain their whole design within themselves and are not connected with one another. They covet to have thee among them; for those that are debauched themselves are very desirous to debauch others; therefore do not gratify them, lest thou endanger thyself." who hath babbling? It is our duty to take all fit occasions to speak of divine things; but, 1. The tongue grows unruly; the heart utters things contrary to reason, religion, and common civility. 12:22; 18:2), to guard us against the corrupt influences of which God has his proverbs, which are all wise and good, and tend to make us so. It is said of generous strong-bodied wine that it even causes the lips of those that are asleep to speak, Cant 7 9. Note, 1. They are deceitful meat, and therefore David, instead of praying for them, prays against them, Ps 141 4. Here is a parent correcting his child: accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a means of preventing his destruction. Riches should be employed for the getting of knowledge, rather than knowledge for the getting of riches. Some particular cautions against those sins which are, of all sins, the most destructive to the seeds of wisdom and grace in the soul, which impoverish and ruin it. rendering of ita est. usus loq. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. Those that are voluptuous and given to appetite (v. 2) are glad to be where there is good cheer stirring, and those that are covetous and saving, that they may spare at home, will be glad to get a dinner at another man's table; and therefore both are here advised not to be forward to accept of every man's invitation, but especially not to thrust themselves in uninvited. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his ( proverbs 23:17-18 ) disappointed; the end of his trials, and of the sinner's prosperity, is at hand. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.
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