the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Proverbs 23:20
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Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Kepe not company with wine bibbers, and riotous eaters of fleshe:
Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Be not among heavy drinkers of wine, with gluttons, flesh to themselves,
Don't make friends with people who drink too much wine and eat too much food.
Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, Or those who gorge themselves on meat:
Be not amongst wine-bibbers; amongst riotous eaters of flesh.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Kepe no company wt wyne bebbers and ryotous eaters of flesh:
Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
Don't be among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
Don't be a heavy drinker or stuff yourself with food.
Don't be one of those who guzzle wine or of those who eat meat to excess,
Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.
Be not drunk with wine; and be not a gluttonous eater of meat:
Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, Or those who gorge themselves on meat:
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;
Do not carouse with drunkards or feast with gluttons,
Do not be with those who drink too much wine or eat too much meat.
Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
Do not be among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
Do not be among them who tipple with wine, - among them who are gluttons;
Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
Do not be among drinkers of wine, among gluttonous eaters of their meat.
Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Don't drink too much wine or eat too much food.
Don't associate with people who drink too much wine or stuff themselves with food.
Don't associate with those who drink too much wine or with those who gorge themselves on meat.
Nyle thou be in the feestis of drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen togidere fleischis to ete.
Be not among winebibbers, or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
not: Proverbs 23:29-35, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 28:7, Proverbs 31:6, Proverbs 31:7, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:22, Isaiah 22:13, Matthew 24:49, Luke 15:13, Luke 16:19, Luke 21:34, Romans 13:13, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Peter 4:3, 1 Peter 4:4
flesh: Heb. their flesh
Reciprocal: Job 20:14 - his meat Proverbs 18:9 - that is slothful Proverbs 28:19 - but
Cross-References
So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the Hittites.
Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so within the hearing of all the sons of Heth and all who were entering the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,
Ephron replied to Abraham,
So his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is east of Mamre,
'My father made me swear [an oath], saying, "Hear me, I am about to die; bury me in my tomb which I prepared for myself in the land of Canaan." So now let me go up [to Canaan], please, and bury my father; then I will return.'"
for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Manasseh slept with his fathers [in death] and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon became king in his place.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Be not amongst winebibbers,.... Who drink to excess, otherwise wine may be drank, provided moderation is used; but it is not good to be in company with, excessive drinkers of it, lost a habit of excessive drinking should be acquired;
among riotous eaters of flesh; flesh may be lawfully eaten, but not in a riotous manner, so as to indulge to gluttony and surfeiting; nor should such persons be kept company with that do so, lest their ways should be learned and imitated.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims.
Proverbs 23:16
The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it.
Reins - See Job 19:27 note.
Proverbs 23:17
Envy sinners - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling which looks half-longingly at the prosperity of evil doers. Some connect the verb “envy” with the second clause, “envy not sinners, but envy, emulate, the fear of the Lord.”
Proverbs 23:18
Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality.
Proverbs 23:20
Riotous eaters of flesh - The word is the same as “glutton” in Proverbs 23:21 and Deuteronomy 21:20.
Proverbs 23:21
The three forms of evil that destroy reputation and tempt to waste are brought together.
Drowsiness - Specially the drunken sleep, heavy and confused.
Proverbs 23:26
Observe - Another reading gives, “let thine eyes delight in my ways.”
Proverbs 23:28
As for a prey - Better as in the margin.
The transgressors - Better, the treacherous,” those that attack men treacherously.
Proverbs 23:29
Woe ... sorrow - The words in the original are interjections, probably expressing distress. The sharp touch of the satirist reproduces the actual inarticulate utterances of drunkenness.
Proverbs 23:30
Mixed wine - Wine flavored with aromatic spices, that increase its stimulating properties Isaiah 5:22. There is a touch of sarcasm in “go to seek.” The word, elsewhere used of diligent search after knowledge Proverbs 25:2; Job 11:7; Psalms 139:1, is used here of the investigations of connoisseurs in wine meeting to test its qualities.
Proverbs 23:31
His color - literally, “its eye,” the clear brightness, or the beaded bubbles on which the wine drinker looks with complacency.
It moveth itself aright - The Hebrew word describes the pellucid stream flowing pleasantly from the wineskin or jug into the goblet or the throat (compare Song of Solomon 7:9), rather than a sparkling wine.
Proverbs 23:32
Adder - Said to be the Cerastes, or horned snake.
Proverbs 23:34
The passage is interesting, as showing the increased familiarity of Israelites with the experiences of sea life (compare Psalms 104:25-26; Psalms 107:23-30).
In the midst of the sea - i. e., When the ship is in the trough of the sea and the man is on the deck. The second clause varies the form of danger, the man is in the “cradle” at the top of the mast, and sleeps there, regardless of the danger.
Proverbs 23:35
The picture ends with the words of the drunkard on waking from his sleep. Unconscious of the excesses of the night, his first thought is to return to his old habit.
When shall I awake ... - Better, when I shall awake I will seek it yet again.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 23:20. Be not among winebibbers — There is much of this chapter spent in giving directions concerning eating, drinking, and entertainments in general.
First, the pupil is directed relative to the manner in which he is to conduct himself in his visits to the tables of the rich and great.
2. Relative to the covetous, and his intercourse with them. And
3. To public entertainments, where there were generally riot and debauch. The reasons, says Calmet, which induced the wise man to give these directions were,
1. The useless expense.
2. The loss of time.
3. The danger from bad company. And
4. The danger of contracting irregular habits, and of being induced to lead a voluptuous and effeminate life.
