Isaiah 7:15; Matthew 3:4; Proverbs 25:16; Proverbs 25:27; Song of Solomon 5:1
Honey entered largely into the diet of Hebrew children Isaiah 7:15 , so that it was as natural an emblem for the purest and simplest wisdom, as th...
My son, eat thou (d) honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: (d) As honey is sweet and pleasant to the taste,...
Proverbs 24:7 a. Lit. Wisdom is corals to the fool. RV involves a change m the text, which gives perhaps the best sense that can be made of an ob...
My son. Confirming the Structure (p. 891).
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: And the honey-comb - I have often had occasion to rem...
My son, eat thou honey, &c.— It is well known in how high esteem honey was among the ancients for food, for drink, for medicine, for preserving...
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: Eat thou honey, because it is good (a gracious in...
5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath...
Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perpe...
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he...
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...
My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: Ver. 13. My son, eat thou honey, because it is goo...
My son, eat thou honey This is not a command, but a concession, and is here expressed only to illustrate the following verse. Do not slight, much l...
13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom b...
This is not a command, but a concession, and is here expressed only to illustrate the following verse. Honey in those parts was excellent, and a usua...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 24:14 . There shall be a reward , rather, “ there is a future ,” as in chap. Proverbs 23:18 . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Pr...
Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wic...
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul. Spiritual knowledge I. It is wholesome. “My son, eat thou honey, because it is good.” Honey...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23...
v. 13. My son, eat thou honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste, this figurative admonition serving to introduce t...
Eat — This is not a command, but a concession, and is only here expressed to illustrate the following verse. Honey in those parts was an usual food...
13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: