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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 25:27

I. Two things we must be graciously dead to:?1. To the pleasures of sense, for it is not good to eat much honey; though it pleases the taste, and, if eaten with moderation, is very wholesome, yet, if eaten to excess, it becomes nauseous, creates bile, and is the occasion of many diseases. It is true of all the delights of the children of men that they will surfeit, but never satisfy, and they are dangerous to those that allow themselves the liberal use of them. 2. To the praise of man. We must... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey ,.... That is too much otherwise it is good to eat, Proverbs 24:13 ; but too much is hurtful, it surfeits the stomach increases choler F5 Suidas in voce μουλι . and creates loathing; and indeed, too much of anything is bad F6 "Vitiosum est ubique quod nimium est", Seneca de Tranquilitate, c. 9. ; so for men to search their own glory is not glory : to set forth their own excellencies, to sound forth their own praises to seek honour of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey - Coverdale translates the whole passage thus: "Like as it is not good to eat to muche hony; even so, he that wyll search out hye thinges, it shal be to hevy for him." As he that etith myche honye, and it is not to him goode; so, that is a sercher of mageste, schal ben oppressid of glorie - Old MS. Bible. He that searches too much into mysteries, is likely to be confounded by them. I really think this is the meaning of the place; and shall not puzzle either... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:16-27

The wisdom of moderation We can only eat a small quantity of honey; it we go beyond the limit we find out our mistake. Of this, as of all very sweet things, the words of the great dramatist are true, that "a little more than enough is by much too much." This is particularly applicable to that to which it is here referred. I. SELF - PRAISE . We may go a little way in that direction, but not far. If we transgress the narrow bounds allowed, we shall soon find that we have done... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:23-28

Moral invectives I. AGAINST SLANDER . ( Proverbs 25:23 .) Here is a striking picture. Gunning and slanderous habits beget a dark and gloomy expression on the brow; as a homely German proverb says, "He makes a face like three days' rainy weather." The countenance, rightly read, is the mirror of the soul. Without the candid soul the brow cannot be clear and open. If we look into the mirror, we may see the condemnation which nature (that is, God) stamps upon our evil and unholy moods. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey . The ill effects of a surfeit of honey have been already mentioned ( Proverbs 25:16 ); but here the application is different, and occasions some difficulty. The Authorized Version, in order to clear up the obscurity of the text, inserts a negative, So for men to search their own glory is not glory, which seems to be a warning against conceit and self-adulation. This is hardly warranted by the present Hebrew text, which is literally, as Venetian renders, ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 25:27

Proverbs 25:27 . It is not good to eat much honey Namely, for the health of the body; so for men to search their own glory Industriously to seek for honour and applause from men; is not glory Is not only sinful, but shameful also, and a sign of a vain and mean spirit. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:1-28

25:1-29:27 MORE PROVERBS OF SOLOMONRelations with others (25:1-28)God has no obligation to explain to anyone the reasons for his actions. A king, however, has a duty to his people to investigate the causes of events that affect them, though he need not reveal to them his deepest thoughts (25:1-3). Some advisers to the king may be ungodly or treacherous, and should be removed if the king is to rule righteously (4-5). It is better to wait to be invited to a higher rank than to be boastfully... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 25:27

"It is not good to eat much honey; So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.""The Hebrew here is difficult (obscure); but the RSV has guessed at it."[14] "It is not good to eat much honey, so be sparing of complimentary words."[15] read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 25:27

Proverbs 25:27. It is not good to eat much honey— See on Pro 25:16 and Isaiah 7:15. Delicious as honey is to an eastern palate, it has been thought sometimes to have produced terrible effects. Thus Sanutus in the Gesta Dei per Francos, informs us, that the English who attended Edward I. into the Holy Land died in great numbers, as they marched in June to demolish a place; which he ascribes to the excessive heats, and their intemperate eating of fruits and honey. This, perhaps, may give us the... read more

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