Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book, and especially to the scriptures and his catechism, to attend to the words of knowledge, by which he might come to know his duty, and danger, and interest, and not to think it enough to give them the hearing, but to apply his...

Commenting on Proverbs 23:12-16

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

My son, if thine heart be wise,.... To that which is good; so as from it to understand in a spiritual and experimental manner things divine and heavenly; he may be said to have a wise heart who knows in some measure what his heart is, the wickedness, the original depravity and corruption, of it; the plague of his own heart; the weakness and inability...

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed @jfbcommentary

The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil's progress is a motive to diligence.