Proverbs 24:13 NIV

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 24:11-20

Opportunity and Obligation, Etc. Pro 24:11-20 Thus a great fire is set to the excuses which men make in regard to their negligence of opportunity. We are not merely called upon to do the work that we see, we are also called upon to go out and see if there be not more work to be done. A man may enclose himself within walls of luxury and beauty, and declare that he sees no poverty, no weakness, no need of exertion on his own part; but he has put himself in a false relation to society, and that... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 24:11-14

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:13

Honey. Of wisdom, which is most delicious. (Menochius) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 24:13

v. 13. My son, eat thou honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste, this figurative admonition serving to introduce the praise of the loveliness and agreeableness of true wisdom. read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 24:1-22

d) Warning against intercourse with wicked and foolish menProverbs 24:1-221 Be not envious of evil men,and desire not to be with them,2 for their heart studieth violence,and their lips talk of mischief.—3 By wisdom is the house builded,and by understanding is it established;4 by knowledge shall the chambers be filledwith all treasure that is precious and pleasant.5 The wise man is full of strength,and the man of understanding increaseth strength,;6 for with wise... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 24:1-34

Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest endeavor to help those in peril are urged. The mind of wisdom is then described. It is a mind full of hope, free of enmity, filled with reverent fear. The counsels close with further teaching concerning the social order. Judgment must be just, and wickedness must not be condoned. In proverbial language, the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:1-34

A Collection Of Solomon’s Proverbs (Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 29:27 ). Solomon’s presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the initial heading detailing the details of the author and his purpose in writing (Proverbs 1:1-7), continued with a Prologue which laid the foundation for what was to follow (Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18), and was then followed by the body of the work introduced by one or more subheadings. In Solomon’s... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:1-21

Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. “ Wisdom is corals to the fool.” RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an obviously corrupt stanza. Proverbs 24:9 . thought: the word means “ plan” or “ device,” and is used in both a good and a bad sense in Pr. Here the meaning is that sin is the kind of plan which folly engages in, “ sin is folly’ s plan.” Proverbs 24:10 . An incomplete aphorism. As it stands its probable meaning is, “ If thou art slack, thy strength... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 24:13

This is not a command, but a concession, and is here expressed only to illustrate the following verse. Honey in those parts was excellent, and a usual and an acceptable food. See Deuteronomy 8:8; Judges 14:18; 1 Samuel 14:25. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 24:13-14

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 24:14. There shall be a reward, rather, “there is a future,” as in chap. Proverbs 23:18. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 24:13-14HONEY AND WISDOMI. An analogy. 1. Honey is found by man ready prepared for his use; no human skill is needed to make it fit for food—nothing that man can do can render it more palatable than it is as it flows from the comb. So the revealed wisdom of God as it is found in the Scriptures needs no intervention of man to make it suitable to human... read more