It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
This saying stands in the collection of chapters 25-29 gathered by Hezekiah or in his time, about three hundred years after Solomon. As a proverb it is a brief, pointed saying that states familiar truth.
Eating much honey is not good, even though honey itself is good, so only what is sufficient should be taken. Just as excess of honey is harmful, so searching for one's own glory through self-praise and self-exaltation is not true glory or honor. The measure works both ways: be as sparing with honey as one should be in praising oneself, since excess honey brings nausea and boastful speech makes others uncomfortable.
The same rule of moderation applies to all wholesome food, to eat only what is sufficient, because overeating harms health and clouds the mind. Applied to appetite, the saying calls for self-control that masters desire rather than indulging it, a discipline that trains a person to refuse evil, choose good, and stand prepared against temptation.
This saying stands in the collection of chapters 25-29 gathered by Hezekiah or in his time, about three hundred years after Solomon. As a proverb it is a brief, pointed saying that states familiar truth.
Eating much honey is not good, even though honey itself is good, so only what is sufficient should be taken. Just as excess of honey is harmful, so searching for one's own glory through self-praise and self-exaltation is not true glory or honor. The measure works both ways: be as sparing with honey as one should be in praising oneself, since excess honey brings nausea and boastful speech makes others uncomfortable.
The same rule of moderation applies to all wholesome food, to eat only what is sufficient, because overeating harms health and clouds the mind. Applied to appetite, the saying calls for self-control that masters desire rather than indulging it, a discipline that trains a person to refuse evil, choose good, and stand prepared against temptation.