My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Honey and the honeycomb are good, sweet to the taste, and to be eaten. This command supplies the first part of a three-part rule for eating honey that applies equally to all good food: eat what is good, eat only what is sufficient, and do not eat much honey or anything injurious. Strength comes from taking only a sufficient quantity of good food and never touching what is injurious. Learning this control of appetite in childhood trains judgment to refuse the evil and choose the good, so that mastery of desire keeps one from plunging headlong into evil, as shown in the childhood of Jesus.
Eating good food without overeating and avoiding harmful food strengthens rather than clouds the mind, illustrating the appetite control required during the antitypical day of atonement. Good, sweet honey pictures the goodness and sweetness of the knowledge of wisdom to the soul. In connection with the next verse, finding that wisdom brings a reward and a hope that will not be disappointed.
Honey and the honeycomb are good, sweet to the taste, and to be eaten. This command supplies the first part of a three-part rule for eating honey that applies equally to all good food: eat what is good, eat only what is sufficient, and do not eat much honey or anything injurious. Strength comes from taking only a sufficient quantity of good food and never touching what is injurious. Learning this control of appetite in childhood trains judgment to refuse the evil and choose the good, so that mastery of desire keeps one from plunging headlong into evil, as shown in the childhood of Jesus.
Eating good food without overeating and avoiding harmful food strengthens rather than clouds the mind, illustrating the appetite control required during the antitypical day of atonement. Good, sweet honey pictures the goodness and sweetness of the knowledge of wisdom to the soul. In connection with the next verse, finding that wisdom brings a reward and a hope that will not be disappointed.