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Verse Proverbs 25:16. _HAST THOU FOUND HONEY?_] Make a moderate use of
all thy enjoyments. "Let thy moderation be known unto all, and appear
in all things....
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HAST THOU FOUND HONEY? - Compare Judges 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:27. The
precept extends to the pleasure of which honey is the symbol....
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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...
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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...
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HAST THOU FOUND HONEY?— See the 27th verse which may be rendered,
"As it is not good or sweet to eat much honey; so neither to hunt for
glory is glory to those who hunt after it." The meaning of the v...
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TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19
11.
A word fitly spoken
Is like applies of gold in network of silver.
12.
As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear....
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Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest
thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
HAST THOU FOUND HONEY? EAT SO MUCH AS IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE, LEST
THOU BE FILLED THEREWI...
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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Honey is good. But too much honey will make you sick.
Friendship is good. And visits to your neighbour are good. But you
must be careful. Your neighbour needs to meet other people. And your
neighbour...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 25
MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS)
(PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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HAST THOU FOUND HONEY? — A common occurrence in Palestine, where
swarms of wild bees abounded in the woods. (Comp. Judges 14:8; 1
Samuel 14:27.) Hence came the expression of a “land flowing with
(milk...
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דְּבַ֣שׁ מָ֭צָאתָ אֱכֹ֣ל דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ
פֶּן ־תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ...
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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...
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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 as a b...
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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...
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Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is (n) sufficient for thee, lest
thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
(n) Use moderately the pleasures of this world....
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_Up. We must moderate the sensual appetite, (Menochius) and even the
study of wisdom, which is compared to honey, chap. xxiv. 13., Romans
xii. 3., and Ecclesiastes vii. 17. (Calmet) --- We must not be...
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Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without
rain. By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue
breaketh the bone. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is suf...
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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...
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HAST THOU FOUND HONEY?.... Of which there was great plenty in Judea;
and was to be found in fields and woods, 1 Samuel 14:25;
EAT SO MUCH AS IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE; to satisfy appetite, without
overc...
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_Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest
thou be filled therewith, and vomit it._
Ver. 16. _Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient,_]
i.e., Be moderate in the...
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_Hast thou found honey?_ Which, in those parts, was often found in
woods or fields. By _honey_, he understands not only all delicious
meats, but all present and worldly delights, which we are here tau...
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TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, as much
as the body may well use for food, LEST THOU BE FILLED THEREWITH, be
surfeited, AND VOMIT IT, for that is the consequence of intem...
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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, -...
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HONEY in those parts was oft found in woods or fields, as JUDGES 14:8,
&c.; 1 SAMUEL 14:25. By _honey_ he understands, not only all delicious
meats, but all present and worldly delights, which we are...
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Proverbs 25:16
I. The Bible does not prohibit pleasure. What the Bible forbids is
excess in the use of pleasure, untimely pleasures, and pleasures that
arise from sin or that lead to sin.
II. In pro...
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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...
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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...
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_Hast thou found honey?_
eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith,
and vomit it.
RELIGION AND PLEASURE
It is a mistaken notion that religion is a melancholy business, and...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:16 In context, v. Proverbs 25:16 is a
metaphor leading into v. Proverbs 25:
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 25:16. FILLED. Rather “_Surfeited_.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:16_
USE AND ABUSE
I. THE GOOD GIFTS OF GOD ARE TO BE ENJOYED BY MEN. “_Every creature
of God is good_,...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 14:25; Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 7:15; Isaiah 7:22; Judges 14:8
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Honey — By honey he understands, not only all delicious meats, but
all worldly delights, which we are here taught to use with moderation....