Proverbs 25:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. ”

Proverbs 25:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So for men ... - A difficult sentence, the text of which is probably defective. The words are not in the original. Many commentators render: so to search into weighty matters is itself a weight,...
Proverbs 25:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

First Division. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. Prov...
Proverbs 25:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. It is not good to eat much honey - Coverdale translates the whole passage thus: "Like as it is not good to e...
Proverbs 25:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It is not good to eat much honey— See on Proverbs 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 Sanutu...
Proverbs 25:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. (It is) not good to eat much honey ( Proverbs 25:16 ); so (for men) to search their own glory (is not) gl...
Proverbs 25:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Courts. Quarrels 1-7. relate to kings and courts.
Proverbs 25:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So for men to search their own glory is not glory. — The sense of this passage is very doubtful. It may mean, “But to search into difficult matters is an honour.” Self-indulgence and study are here...
Proverbs 25:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearch...
Proverbs 25:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Self-Control and Kindliness Proverbs 25:15-28 In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is a man hard...
Proverbs 25:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, th...
Proverbs 25:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. He that hath no ru...
Proverbs 25:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[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 e and creates loathing; and...
Proverbs 25:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 25:27 [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory. Ver. 27. It is not good to eat too much honey. ] For it breeds choler and brings disease...
Proverbs 25:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 25:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
Proverbs 25:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. I. Two things we must be graciously dead to:-- 1. To the pleasures of sense, for it is...
Proverbs 25:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not good, to wit, for the health of the body. For men; which words are easily understood, both out of the foregoing clause, where the honey is supposed to be eaten by men, and out of the followin...
Proverbs 25:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 25:27 . The last phrase in this verse is variously rendered. The words is not are not in the Hebrew. Stuart reads, “ Searching after one’s own glory is burdensome ”— i...
Proverbs 25:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:1 . These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out. Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32 . The supplement to th...
Proverbs 25:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

It is not good to eat much honey. Natural desires running too far Man is a creature of manifold desires. These desires may be divided into two grand classes-- 1. Those that can never go too...
Proverbs 25:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-29:27 Part VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS , gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the...
Proverbs 25:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.
Proverbs 25:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:1 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; John 5:44 ; Philippians 2:3 ; Proverbs 27:2 ; Proverbs 25:16
Proverbs 25:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not good — For health. To search — Industriously to seek for applause. Is not — Is not only sinful, but shameful also.

Proverbs 25:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 25:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 25:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 25:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 25:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 25:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 25:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 25:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 25:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 25:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 25:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 25:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes