We must be, through grace, dead to the pleasures of sense, and also to the praises of men.
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Proverbs 25:27
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 25:1-28EXPOSITION 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.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 25:23-28Moral invectives I. AGAINST SLANDER. (Proverbs 25:23.) Here is a striking picture. Gunning and slanderous habits beget a dark and gloomy expression on the brow; as a homely German proverb says, "He makes a face like thr…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 25:27I. Two things we must be graciously dead to:—1. To the pleasures of sense, for it is not good to eat much honey; though it pleases the taste, and, if eaten with moderation, is very wholesome, yet, if eaten to excess, it…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey. The ill effects of a surfeit of honey have been already mentioned (Proverbs 25:16); but here the application is different, and occasions some difficulty. The Authorized Version, in orde…Joseph S. Exell and contributors