Pro 24:13 | KingComments | STEP | The father exhorts his son to eat honey ( ) because he wants to apply the eating of honey to the knowing of wisdom ( ). What honey does to the body is similar for the soul to know wisdom. The father urges his son to eat honey ( ) because he wants to apply eating honey to knowing wisdom ( ). What honey is to his body, is knowing wisdom to his soul. Honey is good for it is healthy ( ). Honey from the comb is the best of honey. It is the honey that separates from the honeycombs by itself, without pressing, without human action. It is the purest. It says several times of the land of Canaan that it is a land flowing with milk and honey. Honey is a special blessing from God for His earthly people. To “know wisdom” ( ) has the health and sweetness of honey. It has the added quality of a delight that lasts forever (cf. ; ). The father speaks of it to his son that he must seek it, for he must find it. He promises him that his efforts will be richly rewarded. He will enjoy the sweetness of it now, and for the “future” he will have “hope”. Attached to wisdom are future and hope. Wisdom gives a hope that is not cut off, a hope that does not shame. Those who have tasted honey need no further proof that it is sweet. They will not be able to be convinced by any argument to the contrary, for after all, they have tasted it themselves. The same is true in spiritual application for those who have experienced the power of the wisdom of God in Christ. All the atheists in the world, with all their fallacies, cannot reason away that taste or take away its enjoyment. Honey is the product of bees working diligently together and not of whoever collects the honey. There is a richness attached to knowing wisdom that is obtained by feeding on what others have already gathered. The honey from the comb we enjoy when we engage directly with the Source of wisdom, with Christ, by reading in God’s Word. The honey that we take to ourselves when we are with brothers and sisters and the honeycomb that we take to ourselves when we read God’s Word are enjoyed by us personally.

‏ Proverbs 24:13

Sweetness of Wisdom

The father exhorts his son to eat honey (Pro 24:13) because he wants to apply the eating of honey to the knowing of wisdom (Pro 24:14). What honey does to the body is similar for the soul to know wisdom.

The father urges his son to eat honey (Pro 24:13) because he wants to apply eating honey to knowing wisdom (Pro 24:14). What honey is to his body, is knowing wisdom to his soul.

Honey is good for it is healthy (Pro 24:13). Honey from the comb is the best of honey. It is the honey that separates from the honeycombs by itself, without pressing, without human action. It is the purest. It says several times of the land of Canaan that it is a land flowing with milk and honey. Honey is a special blessing from God for His earthly people.

To “know wisdom” (Pro 24:14) has the health and sweetness of honey. It has the added quality of a delight that lasts forever (cf. Psa 19:10 ; Psa 119:103; Eze 3:3). The father speaks of it to his son that he must seek it, for he must find it. He promises him that his efforts will be richly rewarded. He will enjoy the sweetness of it now, and for the “future” he will have “hope”. Attached to wisdom are future and hope. Wisdom gives a hope that is not cut off, a hope that does not shame.

Those who have tasted honey need no further proof that it is sweet. They will not be able to be convinced by any argument to the contrary, for after all, they have tasted it themselves. The same is true in spiritual application for those who have experienced the power of the wisdom of God in Christ. All the atheists in the world, with all their fallacies, cannot reason away that taste or take away its enjoyment.

Honey is the product of bees working diligently together and not of whoever collects the honey. There is a richness attached to knowing wisdom that is obtained by feeding on what others have already gathered. The honey from the comb we enjoy when we engage directly with the Source of wisdom, with Christ, by reading in God’s Word. The honey that we take to ourselves when we are with brothers and sisters and the honeycomb that we take to ourselves when we read God’s Word are enjoyed by us personally.