Proverbs 25:27

He that hath no rule over his own spirit,.... His affections and passions, puts no restraint, unto them, as the word signifies; no guard against them, no fence about them, to curb his curiosity, to…

So for men ... - A difficult sentence, the text of which is probably defective. The words are not in the original. Many commentators render: so to search into weighty matters is itself a weight, i.…

I. 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,…

is not glory The words is notare not in the Heb., but are supplied both in A.V. and R.V. text. The R.V. marg. has, "Butfor men to search out their own glory is glory. The Hebrew text is obscure."

It…