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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Proverbs 25:27

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 following words, which are evidently meant of them. 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. The negative particle not is here understood out of the former part of the verse, as it is Psalms 1:5, Psalms 9:18.

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See also Proverbs 25:27 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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, i. e....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...

  • 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. PROVERBS...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    is not _glory_ The words _is not_are not in the Heb., but are supplied both in A.V. and R.V. text. The R.V. marg. has, "_But_for men _to search out their own glory is glory_. The Hebrew text is obscur...

  • 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 Sanutus in th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 25:20-28 20. As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart, 21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread t...

  • 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 ( ); SO (FOR MEN) TO SEARCH THEIR OWN GLORY (IS NOT) GLORY. Glory follows h...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    25:27 weight. (c-18) Or 'is glory,' the word having both meanings. Or 'so [for men] to seek their own glory is [not] glory.'...

  • 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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    You might like honey. But you cannot eat only honey. So you make a mistake if there is too much honey in your meal. This man also has made a mistake. He wants to be a great man. So he pretends that h...

  • 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 co...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אָ֘כֹ֤ל דְּבַ֣שׁ הַרְבֹּ֣ות לֹא ־טֹ֑וב וְ חֵ֖

  • 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 unsearchable...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • 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, the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Majesty, viz., of God. For to search into that incomprehensible Majesty, and to pretend to sound the depths of the wisdom of God, is exposing our weak understanding to be blinded with an excess of lig...

  • 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 rul...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 inde...

  • 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 diseases. _...

  • 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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 THEIR OWN GLORY IS NOT GLORY, literally, "and seeki...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....

  • Leslie 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, -...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 25:27 good H2896 eat H398 (H8800) much H7235 (H8687) honey H1706 seek H2714 glory H3519 glory...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...

  • 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 the boo...

  • 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 far....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...

  • The 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.e._,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 king and his subjects...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a per...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 12:1; 2 Corinthians 12:11; John 5:44; Philippians 2:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

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