Here follows a mashal ode or song on the subject of drunkenness, which is closely connected with the sin mentioned in the previous lines.
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Proverbs 23:29-35
The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:29-35
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:1-35Proverbs 23:1-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONMatthew Henry on Proverbs 23:29-35Proverbs 23:29-35 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentarySolomon warns against drunkenness. Those that would be kept from sin, must keep from all the beginnings of it, and fear coming within reach of its allurements. Foresee the punishment, what it will at last end in, if rep…Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:29-35Proverbs 23:29-35 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSolomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Proverbs 23:20. I. He cautions all people to keep out of the way of temptations to this sin (Proverbs 23:31): Look not thou up…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:29-35Proverbs 23:29-35 · The Pulpit Commentary(with Proverbs 23:20, Proverbs 23:21) Drunkenness A most striking picture is given as here of the manifold evils of this great curse. In a few strokes Solomon brings before us most, if not all, of its painful and pitiab…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:29Proverbs 23:29 · The Pulpit CommentaryWho hath woe? who hath sorrow? Hebrew, lemi oi, lemi aboi, where oi and aboi are interjections of pain or grief. So Venetian, τίνι αἲ τίνι φεῦ; Revised Version margin, Who hath Oh? who hath Alas? The Vulgate has st…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:29-35Proverbs 23:29-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe perils of drunkenness I. THE IMMEDIATE EXTERNAL EFFECTS. (Verses29, 30.) Trouble, quarrels, violence, deformity. "No translation or paraphrase can do justice to the concise, abrupt, and energetic manner of the origi…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:1-35EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 23:29-35Solomon warns against drunkenness. Those that would be kept from sin, must keep from all the beginnings of it, and fear coming within reach of its allurements. Foresee the punishment, what it will at last end in, if rep…Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 23:29-35Solomon here gives fair warning against the sin of drunkenness, to confirm what he had said, Proverbs 23:20. I. He cautions all people to keep out of the way of temptations to this sin (Proverbs 23:31): Look not thou up…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:29-35(with Proverbs 23:20, Proverbs 23:21) Drunkenness A most striking picture is given as here of the manifold evils of this great curse. In a few strokes Solomon brings before us most, if not all, of its painful and pitiab…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Hebrew, lemi oi, lemi aboi, where oi and aboi are interjections of pain or grief. So Venetian, τίνι αἲ τίνι φεῦ; Revised Version margin, Who hath Oh? who hath Alas? The Vulgate has st…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:29-35The perils of drunkenness I. THE IMMEDIATE EXTERNAL EFFECTS. (Verses29, 30.) Trouble, quarrels, violence, deformity. "No translation or paraphrase can do justice to the concise, abrupt, and energetic manner of the origi…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:30The answer to the above searching questions is here given. They that tarry long at the wine (Isaiah 5:11), who sit till late hours drinking. They that go to seek mixed wine; i.e. go to the wine house, place of revelry,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. Be not attracted by its beautiful appearance. The wine of Palestine was chiefly "red," though what we call white wine was not unknown. The Vulgate flavescit points to the latt…Joseph S. Exell and contributors