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Proverbs 25:16

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¶ Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Hast thou found {H4672} honey {H1706}? eat {H398} so much as is sufficient {H1767} for thee, lest thou be filled {H7646} therewith, and vomit {H6958} it.

If you find honey, eat only what you need; for if you eat too much of it, you may throw it up;

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 25:27 (6 votes)

    ¶ [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.

  • Ephesians 5:18 (3 votes)

    And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  • Proverbs 24:13 (3 votes)

    ¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:

  • Proverbs 24:14 (3 votes)

    So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Luke 21:34 (2 votes)

    And 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.

  • Judges 14:8 (2 votes)

    And 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.

  • Judges 14:9 (2 votes)

    And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.