{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/pro023.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/pro023.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/pro023.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \nProverbs 23:1\n \npro 23:1\nRuler - With a great man. \nProverbs 23:2\n \npro 23:2\nPut a knife - Restrain thine appetite, as if a man stood with a knife at thy throat. \nProverbs 23:3\n \npro 23:3\nDeceitful - They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them. \nProverbs 23:4\n \npro 23:4\nThine own wisdom - From worldly wisdom, which persuades men to use all possible means to get riches. \nProverbs 23:5\n \npro 23:5\nSet thine eyes - Look upon it with earnestness and desire. Is not - Which has no solid and settled being. Eagle - Swiftly, strongly, and irrecoverably. \nProverbs 23:6\n \npro 23:6\nEvil eye - Of the envious or covetous man. \nProverbs 23:7\n \npro 23:7\nSo is he - You are not to judge of him by his words, but by the constant temper of his mind. \nProverbs 23:8\n \npro 23:8\nVomit 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. \nProverbs 23:9\n \npro 23:9\nOf a fool - Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners. \nProverbs 23:10\n \npro 23:10\nEnter not - To possess their lands. \nProverbs 23:11\n \npro 23:11\nRedeemer - Heb. their near kinsman, to whom it belongs to avenge their wrongs, and to recover and maintain their rights. \nProverbs 23:13\n \npro 23:13\nShall not die - It is a likely way to prevent his destruction. \nProverbs 23:16\n \npro 23:16\nMy reins - I shall rejoice with all my soul. \nProverbs 23:18\n \npro 23:18\nAn end - An expected and happy end for such as fear God. \nProverbs 23:19\n \npro 23:19\nGuide - Order the whole course of thine affections and actions. In the way - In God's way. \nProverbs 23:23\n \npro 23:23\nBuy - 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. \nProverbs 23:26\n \npro 23:26\nGive me - Solomon here speaks in God's name. \nProverbs 23:30\n \npro 23:30\nMixt wine - Either mixed with water, or with other ingredients to make it strong and delicious. \nProverbs 23:31\n \npro 23:31\nRed - Which was the colour of the best wines in that country. Aright - When it sparkles, and seems to smile upon a man. \nProverbs 23:34\n \npro 23:34\nLieth down - To sleep. Sea - In a ship in the midst of the sea. \nProverbs 23:35\n \npro 23:35\nSick - 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.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs Chapter 23","type":"page"}