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Proverbs 25:16-17

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 needs to do other things. If you visit your neighbour too often, then you will upset your neighbour.

We must learn how to control our own behaviour.

v18 Some people use a whip, a sword, or an arrow.

Other people lie about their neighbour.

v19 Some people have a bad tooth or a bad foot.

Other people trust a fool when they are in trouble.

v20 Some people will steal a coat on a cold day. Or, they will pour acid on soap.

Other people sing when someone is sad.

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See also Proverbs 25:16-17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HAST THOU FOUND HONEY? - Compare Judges 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:27. The precept extends to the pleasure of which honey is the symbol....

  • 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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    דְּבַ֣שׁ מָ֭צָאתָ אֱכֹ֣ל דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ פֶּן ־תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • 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, -...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 25:16 found H4672 (H8804) honey H1706 Eat H398 (H8798) need H1767 filled H7646 (H8799) vomit...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:16 In context, v. Proverbs 25:16 is a metaphor leading into v. Proverbs 25:

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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_,...

  • 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

    1 Samuel 14:25; Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 7:15; Isaiah 7:22; Judges 14:8

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Honey — By honey he understands, not only all delicious meats, but all worldly delights, which we are here taught to use with moderation....

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