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Proverbs
Chapter 23
1
When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
consider
well who is before you.
2
Thrust a knife into your gullet/throat,
if
you have a large appetite.
3
Do not crave his dainties.
For
they are counterfeit food.
4
Do not toil to gain wealth,
Have
the sense to desist.
5 You see it, then it is gone?
It grows wings and flies away.
Like an eagle toward heaven.
{Verses
6-8: A Heptastich (7 line proverb): Subject: Stay away from People
with Mental Attitude Sins}
6a~~Do
not eat bread
of
a 'man with an evil eye'/'a stingy man'.
{a man with mental attitude sins being expressed}
6b~~Do
not crave for his 'dainty meats'.
{might be a great cook, but if they are filled with mental attitude
sins, stay away}23:7a~~
6c~~For
as he thinks in his right lobe {heart} . . . so he is!
{You ARE what you Think!}
{Note: What a man thinks in his right lobe . . . so he is. Our yardstick is the Mind of Christ. All that God desired to reveal to us in time about Him and His plan is now in writing - the completed canon of scriptures. John 1:1 says "In the beginning . . . which was not a beginning . . .was the Word . . . and the Word was face to face with God {God the father} . . . and the Word WAS God." The relationship between God and His Thinking is so close that John 1:1 is saying (to paraphrase this verse), "What God thinks in His 'right lobe' . . . so He is!". As creatures, we have a choice. We can continue to think with 'human viewpoint' or take in doctrine upon doctrine upon doctrine and get as close as we can to 'think as He thinks' - "Divine Viewpoint Thinking". The closer we get to pure Divine Viewpoint thinking, the closer we are to spiritual maturity.}
23:7b~~'Eat
and drink', said he to you . . .
but
his 'right lobe'/heart is not with you.
{there are people who will do things for you but resent it - stay
away from them!}
8a~~The
morsel you eat, you will vomit.
{their bitterness, jealousy, hatred - whatever - can overflow to
YOU and give you literally a 'nervous stomach' and you can lose
what you 'ate' - physically and spiritually!}
8b~~You
will 'waste your courteous words'/lose your sweet words'.
{idiom meaning you risk losing your own sweetness if you are stay
around bitter people}
9 Do not speak to a dullard.
For he will disdain your sensible words.
10 Do not remove ancient boundary stones.
Do not encroach upon the field of orphans.
11 For they have a mighty kinsman
And He will surely take up their cause with you.
{Verses
12-18: Teaching of Bible Doctrine}
{Verses
12-14: 'Six line Proverb' -
Subject : Importance of Learning Bible Doctrine}
12-14~~Apply
your 'right lobe'/heart unto instruction . . .
{use your mind to learn doctrine}
and
your ears to hear the words/'doctrinal communications' {dabar}
of
knowledge/doctrine. 13~~
{To Learn You Must be Under the Authority of the Teacher -
Example The Parent/Child}
Withhold not correction from the child.
For
if you beat him with the rod . . .
he
shall not die.
{The principal of this verse is authority when teaching/receiving the
Word.} 14~~
You
shall beat him with the rod . . .
and
shall deliver his soul from Sheol/hell.
{Note: Teaching under authority will give the salvation message to the hearer and save him from everlasting damnation.}
{The
Joy of Your Child Being Positive to Doctrine}
15-16~~
My son, if your 'right lobe'/heart be wise
{doctrine in your frame of reference/conscience},
my
'right lobe'/heart shall rejoice, even my very own. 16~~
My
emotions rejoice,
{kilyah - idiom - literally the kidneys}
when
your lips speak right things.
{Note: The Right Lobe rejoices FIRST. Then the emotions can come in appropriately - all based on doctrine resident in your soul.}
17~~Let
not your 'right lobes'/heart
envy
sinners {no mental attitude sins}.
But
be you in respect/'occupation with' JEHOVAH
all
the daylong.
18
For then you will have a future,
And,
your expectation/hope will never fail.
19
Listen my son, and get wisdom,
Lead
your 'right lobe'/heart in the proper path/way.
20
Do not be of those who guzzle wine,
Or
glut themselves on meat.
21
For the drunkards and the gluttons
shall
come to poverty.
And drowsing will clothe you in tatters/rags.
22 Listen to your father who sired you.
Do not distain your mother when she is old.
23
Buy doctrine/truth, and never 'sell it' . . .
also
wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
24~~
The father of an honorable person
shall
be very happy.
Therefore,
he that sires a wise son
will
be happy with him.
25~~ Therefore let your father and your mother be happy.
Let her that gave birth to you be happy.
26 My son, give your 'right lobe'/heart to me.
Let your eyes observe my ways.
27
A 'fornicator without pleasure but for money'/
harlot/whore
{zanah} . . . {is}
a
deep pit/ditch.
And a forbidden woman is a narrow well. 28
She
too lies in wait as if for prey,
and
destroys the unfaithful among men.
29
Who cries, 'Woe!' who, 'Alas!',
who
has quarrels,
who
complains,
who
has wounds without cause,
who
has bleary eyes?
30
Those whom wine keeps till the small hours,
Those
who gather to drain the cups,
31
Do not ogle that red wine,
as
it lends its color to the cup,
as
it flows on smoothly,
32 In the end, it bites like a snake.
It stings like a basilisk/'viper snake'/adder.
33 Your eyes will see strange sights.
Your 'right lobe'/heart will speak distorted things.
34 You will be like one lying in bed on high seas.
Like one lying on top of the rigging.
35 They struck me, but I felt no hurt.
They beat me, but I was unaware.
As often as I wake,
I go after it again.
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