Proverbs 24:13, 14 My son, eat you honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste:… I. THE SWEETNESS OF WISDOM. (Ver. 13.) Not without deep meaning is the sense of knowing the truth compared to the sensuous relish of the palate for sweet food. Here is, indeed, a "Perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns." (Cf. Psalm 19:11.) II. ENCOURAGEMENT IN ITS PURSUIT. (Ver. 14.) It brings a true satisfaction both during the pursuit and at its end, which can be said of few other objects of eager ambition in this world. The seeker for truth may be compared to the maiden of the parable, who timely fills her lamp with oil, and "hope that reaps not shame." The pursuit of wisdom, or of truth as understood and taught in this book, is no chase of dreams or abstractions; it is the affair of all. Truth is all that touches and convinces man, whether as an individual, or as a member of society, or the citizen of a nation. It is that which tells him that he is not isolated in the midst of unknown beings; but that beyond his individual life he partakes in a life that is universal. All that in the past, whether facts, thoughts, or sentiments, are in question, that makes us contemporary with the facts, fellow heirs with humanity in great thoughts, sympathetic with great sentiments, is truth. - J. Parallel Verses KJV: My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:WEB: My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste: |
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