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{"id":3150,"verse_id":"PRO.23.2","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":2,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"23.2","text":"The expression “put a knife to your throat” is an idiom that means “curb your appetite” or “control yourself” (cf. TEV). The instruction was from a time when people dealt with all-powerful tyrants. To enter the presence of such a person and indulge one’s appetites would be to take a very high risk.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A2/1"}
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{"id":3151,"verse_id":"PRO.23.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":3,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.3","text":"The final line gives the causal clause: The impressive feast is not what it appears to be; the king is not doing you a favor, but rather wants something from you or is observing you (K&D 17:104); cf. TEV “he may be trying to trick you.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A3/2"}
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{"id":3152,"verse_id":"PRO.23.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":3,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"23.3","text":"Verses 1-3 form the sixth saying about being cautious before rulers (cf. Instruction of Amememope, chap. 23, 23:13-18 ). One should not get too familiar with rulers, for they always have ulterior motives. The Mishnah cites Gamaliel as warning that a ruler only draws someone into his court for his purpose, but in their day of trouble he will not be there to help them ( m. Abot 2:3).","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A3/3"}
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{"id":3153,"verse_id":"PRO.23.5","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":5,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.5","text":"This seventh saying warns people not to expend all their energy trying to get rich because riches are fleeting (cf. Instruction of Amememope, chap. 7, 9:10-11 which says, “they have made themselves wings like geese and have flown away to heaven”). In the ancient world the symbol of birds flying away signified fleeting wealth.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A5/2"}
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{"id":3154,"verse_id":"PRO.23.8","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":8,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"23.8","text":"Eating and drinking with a selfish miser would be irritating and disgusting. The line is hyperbolic; the whole experience turns the stomach.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A8/1"}
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{"id":3155,"verse_id":"PRO.23.9","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":9,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"23.9","text":"The mention of “the ears” emphasizes the concerted effort to get the person’s undivided attention. However, a fool rejects instruction and discipline.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A9/1"}
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{"id":3156,"verse_id":"PRO.23.9","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":9,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.9","text":"Saying number nine indicates that wisdom is wasted on a fool. The literature of Egypt has no specific parallel to this one.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A9/2"}
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{"id":3157,"verse_id":"PRO.23.11","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":11,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.11","text":"This is the tenth saying; once again there is a warning not to encroach on other people’s rights and property, especially the defenseless (see v. 10; 22:22-23, 28 ).","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A11/2"}
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{"id":3158,"verse_id":"PRO.23.16","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":16,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.16","text":"This twelfth saying simply observes that children bring joy to their parents when they demonstrate wisdom. The quatrain is arranged in a chiastic structure (AB:B'A'): The first line (A) speaks of wisdom in the child, and it is paired with the last line (A') which speaks of the child’s saying what is right. In between these brackets are two lines (B and B') concerning joy to the parent.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A16/2"}
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{"id":3159,"verse_id":"PRO.23.18","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":18,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.18","text":"The saying is an understatement; far from being cut off, the “hope” will be realized in the end. So this saying, the thirteenth, advises people to be zealous for the fear of the Lord , their religion, rather than for anything that sinners have to offer.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A18/2"}
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{"id":3160,"verse_id":"PRO.23.21","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":21,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.21","text":"This is the fourteenth saying, warning about poor associations. Drunkenness and gluttony represent the epitome of the lack of discipline. In the Mishnah they are used to measure a stubborn and rebellious son ( m. Sanhedrin 8). W. G. Plaut notes that excessive drinking and eating are usually symptoms of deeper problems; we usually focus more on the drinking because it is dangerous to others ( Proverbs , 241-42).","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A21/2"}
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{"id":3161,"verse_id":"PRO.23.27","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":27,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"4","reference":"23.27","text":"In either case, whether a prostitute or an adulteress wife is involved, the danger is the same. The metaphors of a “deep pit” and a “narrow well” describe this sin as one that is a trap from which there is no escape. The “pit” is a gateway to Sheol, and those who enter are as good as dead, whether socially or through punishment physically.","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A27/4"}
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{"id":3162,"verse_id":"PRO.23.28","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":28,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"23.28","text":"Verses 26-28 comprise the seventeenth saying; it warns the young person to follow the instructions about temptations because there are plenty of temptresses lurking about.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A28/3"}
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{"id":3163,"verse_id":"PRO.23.29","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":29,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"23.29","text":"The eighteenth saying is about excessive drinking. The style changes here as the sage breaks into a vivid use of the imagination. It begins with a riddle describing the effects of drunkenness (v. 29 ) and gives the answer in v. 30 ; instructions follow in v. 31 , with the consequences described in v. 32 ; the direct address continues in vv. 33 and 34 ; and the whole subject is concluded with the drunkard’s own words in v. 35 (M. E. Andrews, “Variety of Expression in Proverbs 23:29-35 ,” VT 28 [1978]: 102-3).","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A29/1"}
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{"id":3164,"verse_id":"PRO.23.29","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":29,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.29","text":"The Hebrew word translated “dullness” describes darkness or dullness of the eyes due to intoxication, perhaps “redness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV, NCV, NLT “bloodshot eyes.” NAB understands the situation differently: “black eyes.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A29/2"}
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{"id":3165,"verse_id":"PRO.23.30","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":30,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"23.30","text":"The answer to the question posed in v. 29 is obviously one who drinks too much, which this verse uses metonymies to point out. Lingering over wine is an adjunct of drinking more wine; and seeking mixed wine obviously means with the effect or the purpose of drinking it.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A30/1"}
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{"id":3166,"verse_id":"PRO.23.34","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":34,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.34","text":"The point of these similes is to compare being drunk with being seasick. One who tries to sleep when at sea, or even worse, when up on the ropes of the mast, will be tossed back and forth.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A34/2"}
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{"id":3167,"verse_id":"PRO.23.35","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"PRO","chapter":23,"verse":35,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.35","text":"The line describes how one who is intoxicated does not feel the pain, even though beaten by others. He does not even remember it.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Proverbs%2023%3A35/2"}
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