Proverbs 25:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.”
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“If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Honey thou hast found--eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated <FI>with<Fi> it, and hast vomited it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:16 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 14:8When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
- 1 Samuel 14:25Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
- Proverbs 23:8You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
- Proverbs 24:13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
- Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
- Isaiah 7:15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
- Isaiah 7:22and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
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