John Wesley's Notes on the Bible

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Proverbs 23
Verse 1.   Ruler - With a great man.

Verse 2.   Put a knife - Restrain thine appetite, as if a man stood with a knife at thy throat.

Verse 3.   Deceitful - They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them.

Verse 4.   Thine own wisdom - From worldly wisdom, which persuades men to use all possible means to get riches.

Verse 5.   Set thine eyes - Look upon it with earnestness and desire. Is not - Which has no solid and settled being. Eagle - Swiftly, strongly, and irrecoverably.

Verse 6.   Evil eye - Of the envious or covetous man.

Verse 7.   So is he - You are not to judge of him by his words, but by the constant temper of his mind.

Verse 8.   Vomit up - When thou perceivest his churlish disposition, his meat will be loathsome to thee. Sweet words - Thy pleasant discourse wherewith thou didst design to delight and profit him.

Verse 9.   Of a fool - Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners.

Verse 10.   Enter not - To possess their lands.

Verse 11.   Redeemer - Hebrew. their near kinsman, to whom it belongs to avenge their wrongs, and to recover and maintain their rights.

Verse 13.   Shall not die - It is a likely way to prevent his destruction.

Verse 16.   My reins - I shall rejoice with all my soul.

Verse 18.   An end - An expected and happy end for such as fear God.

Verse 19.   Guide - Order the whole course of thine affections and actions. In the way - In God's way.

Verse 23.   Buy - Purchase it upon any terms, spare no pains or cost. Truth - The true and saving knowledge of God's will. Sell it not - Do not forsake it for any worldly advantage.

Verse 26.   Give me - Solomon here speaks in God's name.

Verse 30.   Mixt wine - Either mixed with water, or with other ingredients to make it strong and delicious.

Verse 31.   Red - Which was the colour of the best wines in that country. Aright - When it sparkles, and seems to smile upon a man.

Verse 34.   Lieth down - To sleep. Sea - In a ship in the midst of the sea.

Verse 35.   Sick - I was not sensible of it. Again - At present my condition requires sleep to settle myself, and when I am composed, I purpose to return to my former course.


Chapter 23: | Darby | Geneva | Gill | Jamieson Faussett Brown | Matthew Henry | Matthew Henry Concise | Wesley | Index | Bible Gateway |

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