Proverbs 24:13-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:13-14

We are here quickened to the study of wisdom by the consideration both of the pleasure and the profit of it. 1. It will be very pleasant. We eat honey because it is sweet to the taste, and upon that account we call it good, especially that which runs first from the honey-comb. Canaan was said to flow with milk and honey, and honey was the common food of the country (Luke 24:41, 42), even for children, Isa. 7:15. Thus should we feed upon wisdom, and relish the good instructions of it. Those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good ,.... It is good for food; there was plenty of it in Palestine, and it was eaten for food, not only by children, but grown persons; and was very nourishing, strengthening, and refreshing to them, as Samson, Jonathan, John the Baptist, and others; and is good for medicine, is healthful and salutary, and useful in many diseases: it is said F13 Athenaei Deipnosophist. l. 2. c. 7. p. 46, 47. so Pierius Valerian. apud Steeb. Coelum Sephirot Heb. c.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:14

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul ,.... Or let it be taken in as greedily and with as good an appetite; as pleasant, useful, delightful, and profitable; even the knowledge of Christ, the Wisdom of God, which is preferable to all things else, and more desirable than the most pleasant and profitable things in the world; and of the Gospel of Christ, the wisdom of God in a mystery, than which nothing is more sweet and comfortable to a truly gracious soul; it is like Ezekiel's... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:13

And the honey-comb - I have often had occasion to remark how much finer the flavour of honey is in the honey-comb than it is after it has been expressed from it, and exposed to the action of the air. But it has been asserted that the honey-comb is never eaten; it must be by those who have no acquaintance with the apiary. I have seen the comb with its contained honey eaten frequently, and of it I have repeatedly partaken. And that our Lord ate it, is evident from Luke 24:42 . Nor can any... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:14

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul - True religion, experimental godliness, shall be to thy soul as the honey-comb is to thy mouth. Then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off - This is precisely the same with that in Proverbs 23:18 ; (note), where see the note. The word אחרית acharith , we translate in the former place an end, and here we translate it a reward; but there is no place I believe in the sacred writings in which it has any such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:10-15

The test of adversity We have all of us to expect— I. THE TESTING TIME THAT COMES TO ALL MEN . It is true that prosperity has its own perils, and makes its own demands on the human spirit. But when the sky is clear above us, when loving friends stand round us with protecting care, when privileges abound on every side, it is comparatively easy to maintain an equable and obedient mind. We can all row with the stream and sail with the favouring wind. But the hour must come... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:13

Eat thou honey, because it is good. Honey entered largely into the diet of the Oriental, and was regarded not only as pleasant to the taste and nutritious, but also as possessed of healing powers. It was especially used for children's food ( Isaiah 7:15 ), and thus becomes an emblem of the purest wisdom. "I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey," says the lover in So Proverbs 5:1 ; and the psalmist says that the ordinances of the Lord are "sweeter than honey and the honeycomb" ( Psalms... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:13-14

An exhortation to the study of wisdom, with an analogy. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:13-14

Zeal in the pursuit of wisdom I. THE SWEETNESS OF WISDOM . ( Proverbs 24:13 .) Not without deep meaning is the sense of knowing the truth compared to the sensuous relish of the palate for sweet food. Here is, indeed, a "Perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns." (Cf. Psalms 19:11 .) II. ENCOURAGEMENT IN ITS PURSUIT . ( Proverbs 24:14 .) It brings a true satisfaction both during the pursuit and at its end, which can be said of few... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:14

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul; better, know , apprehend wisdom to be such for thy soul— to be as pleasant and nourishing and profitable to thy soul, as honey is to thy taste and thy body. The moralist would have his disciple feel the same relish for wisdom that he has for sweet food, recognize it not simply as.useful, but as delightful and enjoyable. When thou hast found it. To find wisdom is to get possession of it and use it (comp. Proverbs 3:13 , and note... read more

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