26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
Who `is' wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!
`Beth.' With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word. With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands. In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it `are' the outgoings of life.
Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are' established. Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
Who `is' wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!
for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died, and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.
and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,
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Commentary on Proverbs 23 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 23
Pro 23:1-3
The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us.
Pro 23:4-5
As some are given to appetite (v. 2) so others to covetousness, and those Solomon here takes to task. Men cheat themselves as much by setting their hearts on money (though it seems most substantial) as by setting them on dainties. Observe,
Pro 23:6-8
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. Observe,
Pro 23:9
We are here directed not to cast pearls before swine (Mt. 7:6) and not to expose things sacred to the contempt and ridicule of profane scoffers. It is our duty to take all fit occasions to speak of divine things; but,
Pro 23:10-11
Note,
Pro 23:12-16
Here is,
Pro 23:17-18
Here is,
Pro 23:19-28
Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go. Here we have,
Pro 23:29-35
Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, v. 20.