Proverbs 24:13 - Exposition

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 19:10 ; see on Proverbs 25:16 ). Palestine was a land flowing with milk and honey ( Exodus 3:8 ); hence is derived the continual reference to this article of diet in the Bible.