Proverbs 23
Treated in 24 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 23:26 Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes watch my ways. 11
- 23:23 Buy the truth and never sell it; get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. 3
- 23:34 You will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, like someone lying at the top of a ship's mast. 2
- 23:4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the sense to stop. 1
- 23:7 Such people are always counting the cost. "Eat and drink!" they say to you, but their heart is not with you. 1
- 23:14 Punish them with the rod yourself, and you will save their life from Sheol. 1
- 23:17 Do not let your heart envy sinners; instead, live in the fear of the LORD all day long. 1
- 23:18 Surely there is a future for you, and your hope will not be cut off. 1
- 23:22 Listen to the father who gave you life, and do not look down on your mother when she is old. 1
- 23:27 A prostitute is a deep pit; a foreign woman is a narrow well. 1
- 23:32 But at the last it bites like a snake and strikes like a viper. 1
Open Word Bible
Where it is preached
- Old Paths ·
The Heart cites Prov. xxiii. 26
“Give Me thine heart.”—Prov. xxiii. 26. “Thy heart is not right in the sight of God.”—Acts viii. 21. The heart is the main thing…
- Practical Religion ·
Riches and Poverty cites Prov. xxiii. 4
…They make him love the world and forget God. What says Solomon? "Labour not to be rich." (Prov. xxiii. 4.) What says St. Paul? "They that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into…
- Practical Religion ·
Formality cites Prov. xxiii. 7
…is altogether wrong. The heart is the man. "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." (Prov. xxiii. 7.) The heart is the right test of a man's religion. It is not enough that a man holds a…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Prov 23: 14
…must not be withheld. ‘Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.’ Prov 23: 14. A child indulged and humoured in wickedness, will be a thorn in the parent’s eye. David…
- The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith ·
The Month of May cites Prov. 23:17
…all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off" Prov. 23:17, 18 When we see the wicked prosper we are apt to envy them. When we hear the noise of…
- Practical Religion ·
Self-Inquiry cites Prov. xxiii. 18
…soon be "with the Lord." "There is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off." (Prov. xxiii. 18.) "Ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive…
- Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 1 ·
Day 28 — Listen to Your Father cites Proverbs 23:22
…to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.” — Proverbs 23:22 (BSB) As guys get older, there’s often a time when they start to think their parents…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Sixth Stage cites Prov. 23:23
…them, “What will ye buy?” But they, looking gravely upon him, said, “We buy the truth.” Prov. 23:23. At that there was an occasion taken to despise the men the more; some mocking, some…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
The Down Grade cites PROVERBS 23:23
…Truth mattered to him because Christ mattered to him. Buy the truth, and sell it not. PROVERBS 23:23 Many later observers have concluded that he read the direction of travel accurately. Much…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
Vanity Fair and Faithful cites PROVERBS 23:23
…truth.” Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. PROVERBS 23:23 Notice that the pilgrims do nothing violent or even particularly provocative. They do not…
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.2 Love cites Prov 23: 26
…does not need our love, and yet he seeks it. Why does he desire us to give him our heart? Prov 23: 26. Not that he needs our heart, but that he may make it better. (2) Great will be our…
- Communion with God ·
Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Prov. xxiii. 26
…received love, to complete communion with him, he says, “My son, give me thine heart,” Prov. xxiii. 26, — thy affections, thy love. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and…
- A Short and Easy Method of Prayer ·
Interior and Exterior Actions cites Prov. xxiii. 26
…only asks for our heart: “My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways” (Prov. xxiii. 26). To give the heart to God is to have its gaze, its strength, and its vigour all centred…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.3 The Third Commandment cites Prov 23: 26
…our lips, but not with our hearts. God calls for the heart, ‘My son, give me thy heart.’ Prov 23: 26. The heart is the chief thing in religion; it draws the will and affections after it, as…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
The Almost Christian cites PROVERBS 23:26
…will have all or none.” My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. PROVERBS 23:26 His second argument is that the almost Christian does great harm to others. He persuades…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
Difficulties Concerning Consecration cites Proverbs 23:26
…a darling child. “My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways .” Proverbs 23:26.This is a sure warrant. It means that th e moment the heart is given, it will be taken by…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Principal Wheat cites Proverbs 23:26
…grip of life and death—never to let it go! The Lord says, “My son, give me your heart” (Proverbs 23:26, ESV), and he will not be contented with anything less than our heart. Oh, when your zeal…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
Introduction cites PROVERBS 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. PROVERBS 23:26 Few writers on prayer have been so loved and so distrusted at the same time as Jeanne…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
Consecration and Faith cites PROVERBS 23:26
…with him from then on. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. PROVERBS 23:26 The lovely will of God The real reason Christians hesitate to hand themselves over, she…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
Conclusion cites PROVERBS 23:26
…it long before she did. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. PROVERBS 23:26 The danger of this book A book about prayer carries a particular risk. The reader may…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Prov 23: 27
…the adulteress, who can paint her black enough? The Scriptures calls her a deep ditch. Prov 23: 27. She is a common drain; whereas a believer’s body is a living temple, and his soul a…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites Prov. xxiii. 32
…sin to be loved? Shall we love deformity? Sin is an enemy. It is compared to a “serpent” (Prov. xxiii. 32). It has four stings — shame, guilt, horror, death. Will a man love that which seeks his…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Third Stage cites Prov. 23:34
…he might awake them, and cried, you are like them that sleep on the top of a mast, Prov. 23:34, for the Dead Sea is under you, a gulf that hath no bottom: awake, therefore, and come…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Eighth Stage cites Prov. 23:34
…when the waves of the sea did beat upon him, and he slept as one upon the mast of a ship, Prov. 23:34,35, When I awake, I will seek it yet again. You know, when men talk in their sleep, they…