Proverbs 25:27

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 contrasted.

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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 t...
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 c...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Courts. Quarrels 1-7. relate to kings and courts.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

LXX. reads, 'It is not good,' etc.: 'Therefore be sparing in words of commendation.' Too much flattery is like too much honey.
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 e...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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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 searc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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 muc...
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 ap...
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 de...
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 de...
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 su...
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, “...
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 an...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

It is not good to eat much honey, it is so overrich in nourishment that its excessive use will produce a feeling of repugnance; so for men to search...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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

²⁷ It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 25:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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