Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found devash? Eat only as much as is sufficient for thee, 1 lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it out. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15By forbearance is a katzin (ruler) persuaded, 1 and a gentle lashon breaketh the bone. 1
Cross References
Judges 14:8And after a time he returned to take her [in marriage], and he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and, hinei, there was a swarm of bees and devash in the geviyah of the lion.
Proverbs 23:8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, 1 and lose thy pleasant devarim. 1
Proverbs 25:27It is not tov to eat much devash; 1 so for men to seek their own kavod is not glory. 1
Isaiah 7:22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of cholov that they shall give, he shall eat cream; for thickened milk and devash shall every one eat that is left in the land.
Ephesians 5:18And do not become a shikker with schnapps, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Ruach Hakodesh, + 5:18 Lv 10:9; Prov 20:1; Isa 28:7
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 →