Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
Cross References
Judges 14:8And he returned after a time to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, [there was] a swarm of bees in the carcase of the lion, and honey;
Proverbs 23:8Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.
Isaiah 7:22and it shall come to pass, from the abundance of milk they shall give, [that] he shall eat butter; for every one that remaineth in the midst of the land shall eat butter and honey.
Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:16
Miscellaneous Maxims. 15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Two things are here recommended to us, in dealing with others, as likely means to gain our point:—1. Patience, to bear a present heat without being put into a heat by it, and to wait for a fit opportunity to offer our reasons and to give persons time to consider them. By this means even a prince may be persuaded to do a thing which he seemed very averse to, much more a common person. That which is justice and… Read the whole commentary →