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Text -- Proverbs 23:7 (NET)

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23:7 for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Pro 23:7 - -- You are not to judge of him by his words, but by the constant temper of his mind.

You are not to judge of him by his words, but by the constant temper of his mind.

JFB: Pro 23:6-8 - -- Beware of deceitful men, whose courtesies even you will repent of having accepted.

Beware of deceitful men, whose courtesies even you will repent of having accepted.

JFB: Pro 23:6-8 - -- Or purpose (Pro 22:9; Deu 15:9; Mat 6:23).

Or purpose (Pro 22:9; Deu 15:9; Mat 6:23).

TSK: Pro 23:7 - -- as : Pro 19:22; Mat 9:3, Mat 9:4; Luk 7:39 Eat : Jdg 16:15; 2Sa 13:26-28; Psa 12:2, Psa 55:21; Dan 11:27; Luke 11:37-54

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Pro 23:7 - -- Thinketh - The Hebrew verb is found here only, and probably means, "as he is all along in his heart, so is he (at last) in act."

Thinketh - The Hebrew verb is found here only, and probably means, "as he is all along in his heart, so is he (at last) in act."

Poole: Pro 23:7 - -- As he thinketh in his heart so is he: you are not to judge of him by his words, for so he professeth kindness, as it follows; but by the constant tem...

As he thinketh in his heart so is he: you are not to judge of him by his words, for so he professeth kindness, as it follows; but by the constant temper of his mind, which he hath fully discovered to all that know him by the course of his life.

His heart is not with thee he hath no sincere kindness to thee, but inwardly grudgeth thee that which he outwardly offers to thee.

Haydock: Pro 23:7 - -- Like. Protestants, "as he thinketh is his heart, so is he: eat," &c. (Haydock) --- He is still convinced that his guests will ruin him: or "like o...

Like. Protestants, "as he thinketh is his heart, so is he: eat," &c. (Haydock) ---

He is still convinced that his guests will ruin him: or "like one guarding, or trembling for his soul." Septuagint, "swallowing a hair, he saith," &c. He is afraid of expense, and would allow himself as little as possible. ---

Diviner. Such endeavour to speak what may come to pass, but are full of anxiety; so the miser's words are contrary to his real sentiments, (Calmet) as the diviner knows that he is imposing on mankind. (Haydock)

Gill: Pro 23:7 - -- For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he,.... He is not the man his mouth speaks or declares him to be, but what his heart thinks; which is discover...

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he,.... He is not the man his mouth speaks or declares him to be, but what his heart thinks; which is discovered by his looks and actions, and by which he is to be judged of, and not by his words;

eat and drink, saith he to thee, but his heart is not with thee; he bids you eat and drink, but he does not desire you should, at least but very sparingly; it is only a mere compliment, not a hearty welcome.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 23:7 Heb “soul.”

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

MHCC: Pro 23:6-8 - --Do not make thyself burdensome to any, especially those not sincere. When we are called by God to his feast, and to let our souls delight themselves, ...

Matthew Henry: Pro 23:6-8 - -- Those that are voluptuous and given to appetite (Pro 23:2) are glad to be where there is good cheer stirring, and those that are covetous and saving...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 23:6-8 - -- There now follows a proverb with unequally measured lines, perhaps a heptastich: 6 Eat not the bread of the jealous, And let not thyself lust afte...

Constable: Pro 22:17--25:1 - --III. WISE SAYINGS 22:17--24:34 A third major section of the Book of Proverbs begins with 22:17. This is clear fr...

Constable: Pro 22:17--24:23 - --A. Thirty Sayings of the Wise 22:17-24:22 Many scholars have called attention to the similarities betwee...

Constable: Pro 22:22--23:12 - --The first 10 sayings 22:22-23:11 22:22-23 Note the chiastic structure in these four lines that unifies the thought of the passage: violence, litigatio...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE NATURE AND USE OF PROVERBS.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations ...

TSK: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The wisdom of all ages, from the highest antiquity, has chosen to compress and communicate its lessons in short, compendious sentences, and in poetic ...

TSK: Proverbs 23 (Chapter Introduction) Overview

Poole: Proverbs 23 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 23

MHCC: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. ...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use o...

Constable: Proverbs (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is "The Proverbs of Solo...

Constable: Proverbs (Outline) Outline I. Discourses on wisdom chs. 1-9 A. Introduction to the book 1:1-7 ...

Constable: Proverbs Proverbs Bibliography Aitken, Kenneth T. Proverbs. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. Alden...

Haydock: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. INTRODUCTION. This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences, regulating the morals of men; and...

Gill: Proverbs (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS This book is called, in some printed Hebrew copies, "Sepher Mishle", the Book of Proverbs; the title of it in the Vulgate ...

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