KJV King James Version
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
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Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
WEB World English Bible
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
ASV American Standard Version
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Honey thou hast found—eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 25
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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Proverbs 25:27[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Proverbs 24:13-14My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:Isaiah 7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.1 Samuel 14:25-27And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.Judges 14:8-9And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.Isaiah 7:22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.Proverbs 23:8The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
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