John Trapp on Proverbs 24:32

Verſ. 32. Then I ſaw and conſidered it well] I made my beſt uſe of it for mine own inſtruction. A Bee can ſuck honey out of a flower, which a Fly cannot doe. So a ſpiritual mind can extract good out of every object and occurrence, even out of other mens faults and follies; he can gather grapes of thorns, and figgs of thiſtles, as here. Well therefore may grace be called the Divine Nature, 2 Pet. 1.4. for as God draws light out of darkneſs, good out of evil, &c. ſo doth grace, by an heavenly kind of Alchymy, as I may ſo ſay.

And received inſtruction] Exemplo alterius qui ſapit, ille ſapit. The worſe others are, the better ſhould we be; getting as farre off from the wicked as wee can, in our daily practice, and ſaving our ſelves from this untoward generation.