Proverbs 25:27

“[It is] not good to eat much honey, etc.] That is too much otherwise it is good to eat, (<202413>Proverbs 24:13); but too much is hurtful, it surfeits the stomach increases cholerf703 and creates loathing; and indeed, too much of anything is badf704; so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory: to set forth their own excellencies, to sound forth their own praises to seek honour of men, to use all methods to gain popular applause; this is not glorious and praiseworthy, but dishonourable; or it may be rendered as it literally lies in the original, “but to search out”, or “the searching out of their glory [is] glory”f705; either the glory of righteous men, as Aben Ezra interprets it,…”

“Satiety surfeits (Pro 25:16); so men who are self-glorious find shame. is not glory--"not" is supplied from the first clause, or "is grievous," in which sense a similar word is used (Pro 27:2).”

“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., people soon become satiated with it as with honey. Possibly a warning against an over-curious searching into the mysteries of God’s word or works. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Proverbs 25". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/proverbs-25.html. 1870. StudyLight.org &copy;&#160;2001-2026 Powered by Lightspeed Technology”

“Not good - For health. To search - Industriously to seek for applause. Is not - Is not only sinful, but shameful also. Next: Proverbs Chapter 26”

“25:27-28 The wise have self-control and cannot easily be dominated.”

“not good: Pro 25:16 so: Pro 27:2; Joh 5:44; Co2 12:1, Co2 12:11; Phi 2:3 Proverbs 25:28”

“This verse, as it stands, is scarcely to be understood. The Venet. translates 27b literally: ἔρευνά τε δόξας αὐτῶν δόξα; but what is the reference of this כּבדם? Euchel and others refer it to men, for they translate: "to set a limit to the glory of man is true glory;" but the "glory of man" is denoted by the phrase כּבד אדם, not by כּבדם; and, besides, חקר does not mean measure and limit. Oetinger explains: "To eat too much honey is not good; whereas the searching after their glory, viz., of pleasant and praiseworthy things, which are likened to honey, is glory, cannot be too much done, and is never without utility and honour;" but how can כּבדם be of the same meaning as כּבד הדברים…”