Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat what is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be surfeited with it, and vomit it up.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15By long forbearing is a prince appeased; And a soft tongue breaketh bones.
17Let thy foot be seldom in the house of thy friend, Lest he be surfeited with thee and hate thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:8The morsel, which thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit up; And thou wilt have thrown away thy sweet words.
Proverbs 25:27To eat much honey is not good; So the search of high things is weariness.
Isaiah 7:22And for the abundance of milk which they produce, shall he eat cheese; For milk and honey shall all eat Who are left in the land,
Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, 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 →